Antibiotic resistance comes mainly from Hospitals, not drugged up animals on farms

09/17/2013 - 00:00


By Dan Charles -

Here at The Salt, we've been following the controversies that surround antibiotic use on the farm. Farmers give these drugs to chickens, swine and beef cattle, either to keep the animals healthy or to make them grow faster. Critics say it's contributing to an epidemic of drug-resistant bacteria not just on the farm, but among people, too.

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