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Flooding them with antibiotics isn't just to "keep them alive." It makes them grow bigger (i.e. more meat to sell means more money). This is a big part of the r

by pyre 10y ago

Flooding them with antibiotics isn't just to "keep them alive." It makes them grow bigger (i.e. more meat to sell means more money). This is a big part of the resistance to ending the practice too.

tmd83 10y ago
Do you mean the antibiotics keeps them healthy and in turn bigger or antibiotics has some growth hormone type effect?
- pkroll 10y ago
  It makes them grow bigger, like a growth hormone effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic_use_in_livestock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiotic_use_in_livestock
  - zzalpha 10y ago
    And the best part is, no one knows why.