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Re:Antibiotics in Meat Could Be Damaging Our Guts by mycorrhizal on Saturday May 26, 2018 @11:41AM (#17162606)
"Erm, isn't the point that they use antibiotics en masse to prevent illness?"

Another great way to prevent illness would be to actually provide suitable conditions for the animals to live. Their current conditions are abhorrent.

I agree with the other commenters about the use of antibiotics to raise larger animals as opposed to healthier ones.

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Re:Antibiotics in Meat Could Be Damaging Our Guts by jessriedel on Saturday May 26, 2018 @12:04PM (#17162742)
Farmers are under strong economic pressures to reduce sickness in their animals. And as mentioned be others, baseline antibiotics use is not about reducing sickness. Animal welfare is a valid and important concern, but the best place to focus is on places where the farmer's incentives are not well aligned.
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