Despite the ban on the use of antibiotic growth enhancers the livestock industry is still using large amounts of this product. Many veterinarians prescribe it as a so-called therapeutic drug, whether there is a need or not. In recent shocking publications about an increasing number of people becoming resistant against an escalating amount of life threatening bacteria, fingers are being pointed at the poultry industry.
Of the patients with multi-resistance against antibiotics, 70% carry bacteria
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