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Tumbulu

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2. feeding antibiotics to ruminants in feed lots so that they can eat grain

Reply to UnrepentantLiberal (Original post)

Sun Mar 10, 2013, 11:39 PM

Mar 2013

and fatten up quickly amounts to something like 70% of antibiotic sales in the US.

Big surprise that resistance is developing.

Ban antibiotic use in animal feeding situations ( use only for actual treatment of infection).

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