The reason why American livestock tend to become sick is because there is an ever increasing human population, thus more animals must be produced to feed all of us. In America there are a lot of large scale farms that use very little space to raise lots of animals, and in those cramped conditions, disease spreads very rapidly.
People use more antibiotics than what we give livestock. Most people take a pill for every single ache and pain they have. Each animal is given a very small amount. There is no scientific evidense out there that antibiotic resistance comes from livestock. There antibiotics don't work on us plus there is not enough to be in the meat. Just because you buy meat from a farmers market doesn't mean that they haven't used any
Denmark banned all antibiotic in livestock feed and it failed in everyway. Food born illness increased, livestock death increased, food prices increased, and many small farmers went out of businness because they couldn't handle the increased death loss. The exact same thing would happen here too if such a bann was imposed
what you have stated is the immediate, inescapable "aftershock" of continuous anti-biotic usage. If the long term recovery were able to at least be recognized, one would see that the animals will over generations, return to their natural state, as they were many generation ago in the farms themselves.
@grimslider75 heres the thing many genreations ago when their were no antibiotics the survival rate of our livestock was far lower. very rarely could you save 75% now with antibiotics it is more common to see rates of 100%. but most producers usually end up losing one or two head due to birth defects or weather. People want us to treat our livestock humanely which we are but if we gave up antibiotics people would be complaining that we should do something for our sick animals.
@steer1300 why are american animals sick in the first place... i lived in france b4 i came to states and animals dont have the same deathrate what gives?
I don't have a problem with a use of a little antibiotics here and there, but with factory farms, they use about 15-17 million pounds a year. Antibiotics can be dangerous to us because we aren't used to that. Think about it, animals digest the antibiotics and you don't think it's going to end up in our next hamburger? I will not eat processed meat, I will only eat meat from a farmer's market.
There's nothing wrong with using antibiotics to keep our livestock healthy and happy. Heck, humans give there kids more antibiotics for every little sneeze or cough in the first 10 years of there life that cattle get in all there life. Weres the antibiotic resistance coming from US
the animals are given biotics when they dont need it and on a daily basis, and if they were raised correctly and humanely they would not need biotics, now would they?
@crabfishlion Everyone and everything gets sick. When you get sick you take pills until you are better. you take vitamins to improve your immune system. We do the same for our livestock. We give them small amounts of antibiotics in the feed to maintain a healthy immune system. When one gets sick we treat it with antibiotics often with only one dose. If we did not treat our livestock humanely we would not make any money. stressed cows are unhealthy and unproductive.
@crabfishlion We care more about our livestock than you ever will because raising livestock is our job our living. I can't stress this anymore you don't know what goes on beyond the media which is sad. The media only tells you the negatives and nothing about the positves that far more farmers do
your right about whats going on with other corporate farms, but this is the CEO of of applegate farms, which is an antibiotic free, nitrate free, organic company, if you listened to what he was saying, he was telling us about how what factory farms are doing wrong and how applegate farms is doing the opposite of the other factory farms.
talk about corporate farm. This guy is a CEO of a feedlot. He doesn't care how many cattle die, he doesn't have to take care of them. They have thousands of cattle and a 1% loss close to hundreds. I'm thinking that his death loss is most likely more. More Propaganda
The reason why American livestock tend to become sick is because there is an ever increasing human population, thus more animals must be produced to feed all of us. In America there are a lot of large scale farms that use very little space to raise lots of animals, and in those cramped conditions, disease spreads very rapidly.
katfurtado13 1 month ago
People use more antibiotics than what we give livestock. Most people take a pill for every single ache and pain they have. Each animal is given a very small amount. There is no scientific evidense out there that antibiotic resistance comes from livestock. There antibiotics don't work on us plus there is not enough to be in the meat. Just because you buy meat from a farmers market doesn't mean that they haven't used any
steer1300 1 year ago
Denmark banned all antibiotic in livestock feed and it failed in everyway. Food born illness increased, livestock death increased, food prices increased, and many small farmers went out of businness because they couldn't handle the increased death loss. The exact same thing would happen here too if such a bann was imposed
steer1300 1 year ago
@steer1300
what you have stated is the immediate, inescapable "aftershock" of continuous anti-biotic usage. If the long term recovery were able to at least be recognized, one would see that the animals will over generations, return to their natural state, as they were many generation ago in the farms themselves.
grimslider75 1 year ago
@grimslider75 heres the thing many genreations ago when their were no antibiotics the survival rate of our livestock was far lower. very rarely could you save 75% now with antibiotics it is more common to see rates of 100%. but most producers usually end up losing one or two head due to birth defects or weather. People want us to treat our livestock humanely which we are but if we gave up antibiotics people would be complaining that we should do something for our sick animals.
steer1300 1 year ago
@steer1300 why are american animals sick in the first place... i lived in france b4 i came to states and animals dont have the same deathrate what gives?
MTOTOwaNYAYO 11 months ago
@steer1300 If thats true how does applegate produce their meat with almost all the livestock anitbiotic free???
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I don't have a problem with a use of a little antibiotics here and there, but with factory farms, they use about 15-17 million pounds a year. Antibiotics can be dangerous to us because we aren't used to that. Think about it, animals digest the antibiotics and you don't think it's going to end up in our next hamburger? I will not eat processed meat, I will only eat meat from a farmer's market.
Supadupatight 1 year ago
There's nothing wrong with using antibiotics to keep our livestock healthy and happy. Heck, humans give there kids more antibiotics for every little sneeze or cough in the first 10 years of there life that cattle get in all there life. Weres the antibiotic resistance coming from US
steer1300 2 years ago
the animals are given biotics when they dont need it and on a daily basis, and if they were raised correctly and humanely they would not need biotics, now would they?
crabfishlion 2 years ago
@crabfishlion Everyone and everything gets sick. When you get sick you take pills until you are better. you take vitamins to improve your immune system. We do the same for our livestock. We give them small amounts of antibiotics in the feed to maintain a healthy immune system. When one gets sick we treat it with antibiotics often with only one dose. If we did not treat our livestock humanely we would not make any money. stressed cows are unhealthy and unproductive.
steer1300 2 years ago
@crabfishlion We care more about our livestock than you ever will because raising livestock is our job our living. I can't stress this anymore you don't know what goes on beyond the media which is sad. The media only tells you the negatives and nothing about the positves that far more farmers do
steer1300 2 years ago
your right about whats going on with other corporate farms, but this is the CEO of of applegate farms, which is an antibiotic free, nitrate free, organic company, if you listened to what he was saying, he was telling us about how what factory farms are doing wrong and how applegate farms is doing the opposite of the other factory farms.
THEfLAnThEMAn 2 years ago
talk about corporate farm. This guy is a CEO of a feedlot. He doesn't care how many cattle die, he doesn't have to take care of them. They have thousands of cattle and a 1% loss close to hundreds. I'm thinking that his death loss is most likely more. More Propaganda
steer1300 2 years ago
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crabfishlion 2 years ago
@steer1300
True. This is what our market economy propagates: more losers (business-wise, that is...)
grimslider75 1 year ago