Factory farming

Why do they give farmed animals antibiotics?

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Why are antibiotics given to farmed animals and should humans be worried about antibiotic resistance?

Piglets on a dirty metal floor looking at the camera

Antibiotic drugs save millions of people around the world from countless diseases. Factory farms also depend on them, keeping animals alive in unnatural conditions and under pressures their bodies could not otherwise manage.

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