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Think you're on the right track here. Antibiotics are used as a way of enabling livestock (hoof, beak or gill) to be bread in closer confines with high energy r
by awjr 13y ago
Think you're on the right track here. Antibiotics are used as a way of enabling livestock (hoof, beak or gill) to be bread in closer confines with high energy rich feed that, naturally, the livestock could not cope with.
Expect massive push back from the various farming industries affected by this. Money uber alles.
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- maxerickson 13y agoLots of university extension websites discuss the use of antibiotic feed additives. They increase food energy conversion by something like 5%. They don't particularly enable "high energy rich feed that, naturally, the livestock could not cope with", but I guess they do reduce some issues associated with feeding corn (but that's probably a statistical thing, not an every single animal thing).
- awjr 13y agoFeedlots use corn to fatten the beef herd before slaughter. Feeding a high corn diet to cattle can cause acidosis of the Rumen stomach (one the four compartments in cattle stomachs). You can prevent this through feeding a more balanced feed mix however this slows down the fattening process. Acidosis can cause the stomach to rupture. Antibiotics are used to help control this and deal with side effects of acidosis.