There are differences with using antibiotics to make something work and to lower infection rates. China has 200+mg of Antibiotics usage. This is a clear case of using Antibiotics to make meat production possible, because theres no way you need this many antibiotics without some deep rooted problems. The US has A fraction of this. I don’t want to decline that, especially in bigger farms, antibiotics are used to make it work(at least partially), but I would guess that its often really just to treat sick animals.
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MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoI feel like we shouldn’t be eating meat if we have to jump through so much shit to “make it work”. Putting increasing your tolerance to antibiotics on the top of the cake and it’s a no go for health reasons alone.
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protist@mander.xyz 1 week ago
But we don’t have to jump through so much shit to make it work. We use science to treat or eliminate health issues in animals that existed well before modern medicine, or even before domestication. Be clear I’m not talking about the horrors of factory farming, but about veterinary medicine
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Antibiotics can be good, actually
protist@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Yes