indicated that, worldwide, antibiotics are more likely to be administered to farm animals than to humans. In the United States, it is far more likely. According to a 2015 study published in the ...

Broadcast version by Roz Brown for New Mexico News Connection reporting for the Sentient-Public News Service Collaboration It's a well-known fact that factory farms rely on antibiotics to treat ...

Antibiotics are one category of antimicrobials ... been available over-the-counter at your local co-op and farm supply store. What Animals, Which Products? The guidance applies to all food ...

antibiotic use per animal was about half that of the US. The continent slashed antibiotic use through tougher regulations, better farm hygiene, and relying more on vaccines, enzymes, probiotics ...

Only around 100 cases of brucellosis are reported annually in the U.S., even fewer of which involve feral pigs.

Despite a heavy environmental impact, industrial animal agriculture is largely exempted from federal and state air and water ...

Chronic exposure to low doses of antibiotics is pervasive in industrial animal agriculture, the system in which more than 99 percent of animals are reared in the U.S. The Food and Drug ...

where animal feeds laced with small amounts of antibiotic are provided over extended periods of rearing. Labeled as “growth promotion” and employed primarily in large, concentrated feedlots for ...

Although the animals are raised for food, these farmers strive to provide them with a high quality of life during their lifetimes. Our On The Farm section serves as a resource to those who want to ...