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Impact of Unchecked Antibiotic Use in Animals on Global Human Health

2013-02-12 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - The increasing production and use of antibiotics, about half of which is used in animal production, is mirrored by the growing number of antibiotic resistance genes, or ARGs, effectively reducing antibiotics' ability to fend off diseases – in animals and humans.

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