96 per cent of farm antibiotics are used in pigs and poultry
Pat Gardiner
"An incredible 96 per cent of farm antibiotics are used in pigs and
poultry, the two most intensively farmed species. Even though there
are over seven times as many sheep in the UK as there are pigs, total
antibiotic use in the pig sector is over 115 times higher than it is
in sheep farming. This is because sheep are usually farmed outdoors,
while pigs, like chickens, are generally kept in unnatural
factory-farming conditions and antibiotics are used to control the
spread of disease, says the Soil Association."
http://www.thecattlesite.com/news/29072/call-for-govt-to-act-over-antibiotic-resistance
November 20, 2009
Call for Govt to Act over Antibiotic Resistance
UK - The Soil Association has called on the government to act over
what is calls an escalating farm antibiotic resistance problem.
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Regards
Pat Gardiner
Release the results of testing British pigs for MRSA and C.Diff now!
www.go-self-sufficient.com and http://animal-epidemics.blogspot.com/