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What on earth are "Human" antibiotics? Simple – antibiotics approved for use to treat human illness. The problem is that when they're used indiscriminately, wh
by MaysonL 11y ago
What on earth are "Human" antibiotics?
Simple – antibiotics approved for use to treat human illness.
The problem is that when they're used indiscriminately, whether on humans who don't need them, or on livestock, bacteria develop resistance.
- x5n1 11y agoWhen you use them on livestock you can guarantee they will be used indiscriminately... with the respective consequences.
- Laforet 11y agoPart of the indiscriminate use was out of necessity, but it is secondary to the fact that many antibiotics seems to promote growth and improve conversion of feed into weight gains. The exact mechanism is not well understood. A good example is nitarsone which is an organoarsenic additive commonly found in turkey feed until it was banned earlier this year. AFAIK it has not been approved for human use ever.
- mirimir 11y agoIt may be that antibiotics also "promote growth and improve conversion of feed into weight gains" in humans ;) In retrospect, that's not surprising.
- BurningFrog 11y agoAre there antibiotics not used on humans that can be used on farm animals?