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It's slightly more complicated than that. You see, farmers have discovered that if you feed certain animals antibiotics even when they aren't sick typically th
by InclinedPlane 14y ago
It's slightly more complicated than that.
You see, farmers have discovered that if you feed certain animals antibiotics even when they aren't sick typically the animals will grow faster and bigger. This is great for farmers because more pounds of meat means more cash. But there are some significant negative externalities to operating what is effectively a ginormous petri dish veritably designed to encourage the evolution of antibiotic resistant bacteria.
- Game_Ender 14y agoLast year the FDA finally made antibiotics in live stock require a prescription [1]. So now you need a complicit vet before you can continuously dose your farm animals with antibiotics. [1] - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/us/antibiotics-for-livestock-will-require-prescription-fda-says.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/12/us/antibiotics-for-livesto...
- rsheridan6 14y agoI doubt that will be much of a problem. There are a lot of vets out there with huge student loans and dire employment prospects. You could probably find one to write whatever you wanted.