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India's Farmed Chickens Dosed With World's Strongest Antibiotics

posted by takyon on Friday February 02 2018, @06:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the chicken-not-so-little dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by dry on Saturday February 03 2018, @03:55AM (2 children)

    by dry (223) on Saturday February 03 2018, @03:55AM (#632345) Journal

    Same with when my dog cut her paw when young. Vet automatically prescribed antibiotics and at the time I went along with it. Truth was that without any signs of infection, it was a stupid thing to do.
    Even not considering antibiotic resistance, giving unneeded antibiotics is stupid, fucks with the bodies biome at the minimum.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @04:46AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @04:46AM (#632361)

    You could even have used antibiotics but presumably less (not sure) if you simply put on antibiotic ointment on it for 3 days once a day and kept it wrapped in some bandage.

    • (Score: 2) by dry on Saturday February 03 2018, @05:18AM

      by dry (223) on Saturday February 03 2018, @05:18AM (#632373) Journal

      I doubt that it even needed that. She was young and healthy and it was a clean cut. Just needed to keep a close eye on it and if needed, then apply the antibiotics.