07-03-2023, 10:50 PM
NewtonMP2100 wrote:
About half of US poultry farmers use some form of antibiotics to help keep chickens healthy, the company noted...
Actually, the primary purpose is to promote growth so that they can grow quickly and be slaughtered young. The name for this class of antibiotics is Antimicrobial growth promoters (AGP).
NewtonMP2100 wrote:
‘No antibiotics important to human medicine’
Bacteria have a nasty habit of passing on their antibiotic resistance to other bacteria and adapting it to whole classes of antibiotics.
NewtonMP2100 wrote:
In addition to chickens’ health, antibiotics are particularly important to promote growth in poultry for items like large broiler chickens. The company said its decision to transition back to antibiotics is in the best interest of humans and animals.
...Not that you're going to see any savings at the supermarket while they reap massive profits.