[vetvetdoug]

With all the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in farm animals, I am not surprised that a superbug hasn't come from this sector before. Because some food animals are tainted with antibiotics at slaughter, these animals go into pet food. The veterinary profession has been dealing with some real nasty organisms in dogs and cats for years.

[reformedliberal]

However, with the Soil Association invlved, this is going to be an attack on livestock and meat eating.

[redgolum]

When my father raised hogs (he had to get out in the 90’s), we were very careful to make sure we followed all the time delays when using medications. Every once in a while, you had to wait for a bit before you sent them to town, but my father is a by the book type of guy.

When I got into industry, I was shocked to find he is the exception, not the norm. Especially on the mega farms.

[MarMema]

Ditto, along with the overcrowding and poor living conditions that necessitated the overuse of antibiotics to begin with.