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Antibiotics in livestock
There has been massive use of antibiotics in animal husbandry. The most abundant use of antimicrobials worldwide are in livestock; they are typically distributed in animal feed or water for purposes such as disease prevention and growth promotion. Debates have arisen surrounding the extent of the impact of these antibiotics, particularly antimicrobial growth promoters, on human antibiotic resistance. Although some sources assert that there remains a lack of knowledge on which antibiotic use generates the most risk to humans, policies and regulations have been placed to limit any harmful effects.These harmful effects can be an increased resistant bacteria that is caused by the feeding of antibiotics to our livestock. This can occur because the bacteria within the animals are introduced to these antibiotics and are able to increasingly grow resistant. Therefore when the livestock is digested by humans it's possible that we can have antibiotic-resistant bacteria transferred to us causing us to fall ill. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/09/are-antibiotics-turning-livestock-superbug-factories On January 1, 2017, the FDA enacted that all human medically important feed-grade antibiotics (many prior over the counter drugs) become classified as Veterinary Feed Directive drugs (VFD). This action requires that farmers establish and work with veterinaries to receive a written VFD order. The effect of this act places a requirement on an established veterinarian-client-patient relationship (VCPR). Through this relationship, farmers will receive an increased education in the form of advice and guidance from their veterinarian. copied from article Antibiotic Misuse