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The Guardian reports that according to a Bureau of Investigative Journalism study, colistin, an "antibiotic of last resort," is used by the tonnes by Indian farms to make the poultry gain weight a little bit faster. And all of this is perfectly legal. The World Health Organization (WHO) calls antibiotic resistance "a major threat to public health".
Another reason to eat less meat I guess. Like we needed one.
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India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics
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(Score: 1) by DECbot on Friday February 02 2018, @09:56PM (4 children)
I think I see the problem. Since when has having less than half a brain stop someone from doing something stupid? Secondly, why do you assume these farmers have studied epidemiology?
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(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Friday February 02 2018, @11:31PM (3 children)
They're using medication. Animal or human, OTC or not, one should have half a brain before buying and using medications. That's one of the reasons that physicians, veterinarians, and the like are licensed. That's why medications have approved uses, and at least in the U.S. if you're not a physician you don't use a medication off-label. (And I'd like to know where using this is on-label for veterinary use.... It may be, it would be interesting to find out. And if it is legal to use OTC, I wonder what mechanism could have medicine reserve it back again. It a Vet prescribed it, they should be questioned as to Why.)
But anyway, if they ain't working with an illness (epidemiology)... why are they using antibiotics? And if they haven't studied what to use and how to use it, why are they being allowed to use it? When doing so may eventually cause someone's death because the drug of last resort won't work any more in a human? Because chickens.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 02 2018, @11:34PM
Heh, "one SHOULD have half a brain..."
Yeah no kidding, but the reality is that most people don't learn squat about the products they use. Find the basic daily recommended dose or whatever and then never read about it again. I'll let you do a little research on why farmers pump their livestock with antibiotics.
(Score: 1) by DECbot on Saturday February 03 2018, @12:56AM (1 child)
This is exactly my argument. People with half a brain realize that the prescribing or administering of an antibiotic of last resort should be restricted to people who are trained in the risks and licensed to do so. The problem is people without half a brain have access to such a drug and thus use it without out a thought of the long term consequences or they are intentionally disregarding the consequences for a short term gain. It is documented that livestock gain weight faster if fed antibiotics and since fat chickens are more profitable than skinny chickens any associated risks of administering antibiotics are thrown out the window. So, yes, people should be questioning everyone involved why these chickens are being fed--
but the problem is this is India and any Indian with half a brain has immigrated elsewhere(/sarcasm). This is India and due to their large population they will statistically have a large number of half-brained people. Education is the solution to this, but because of cultural practices education isn't universally available and thus the problem perpetuates. So, on a per capita ratio, there is a shortage of trained and licensed vets/practitioners asking the farmers 'why' and a shortage of outraged citizens demanding change. Thus, the population of half-brained people never diminish and the ones aspire to raise chickens are statistically less likely to be corrected for following a risky practice. From the Indian farmer's perspective, the world's busybodies can go fuck themselves because he needs to raise plump chickens quickly otherwise farmer Rahul down the street will drive him out of business with his medicated oversized chickens. Without the structure in place to regulate farming practices and the reliable enforcement of those regulations by ethical people, this will continue because it is profitable. And the demand for such a structure is lacking because of the lack of education to inform the people of the long term risks of these practices.cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday February 05 2018, @03:12PM
Well said, thank you!
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