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Curtailing antibiotic use in agriculture It is time for action: this use contributes to bacterial resistance in humans. Antibiotics are arguably the single most important and widely used medical intervention of our era.

This article discusses how antibiotics were found and the impact they have in medicine, agriculture, and livestock. It also explains what antibiotic resistance is and how dangerous it is. It lastly touches on what is being done to help prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance.

Many popular fast food chains have issued statements that they will not purchase meat from suppliers who engage in the subtherapeutic use of antibiotics. This article discusses the use of antibiotics in livestock and alternates therapeutics proposed.