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pyuser583 on July 10, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: No antibiotics worked, so this woman turned to pha...

Antibiotics are given to animals to promote growth, not (just) treat disease.

When livestock get sick, they are “culled,” not treated.

Which makes the use of antibiotics (“growth promoting anti-microbials”) all that more outrageous.

samus on July 10, 2022 [–]

Depends on the economic value of the livestock. For example, a milk cow is probably economically worth being treated. Even if there are regulations that ban selling their milk, they can still be used for breeding.

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