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There ain't no bugs in me: Anti-antibiotics bill irks agribusiness http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1238514189
Are pigs hogging all the good antibiotics? A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives assumes so, and it aims to control the overuse of the drugs in livestock and poultry production.
Penicillin, tetracycline and other antimicrobials that doctors prescribe for our strep throats are also used in factory farming. The drugs are mixed with animal feed at CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations), where a crowded environment can lead to petri dish-like conditions for bacteria. Antibiotics also help animals grow faster.
And as we learned in high-school science class from Mrs. Phelps, the more bacteria are exposed to antibiotics, the more resistant some of them (sometimes called "superbugs") get.
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Gramps says: "Hey, that's evolutionary talk."
probiotic says: "But, if we don't allow free use of antibiotics on farms, what will the piggies do when they get the sniffles?"
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