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Antibiotics, good or bad ?
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<blockquote data-quote="djinwa" data-source="post: 725382" data-attributes="member: 8265"><p>Yes, use them for sick cattle only, and we shouldn't intentionally make them sick. Not only do we create the need for antibiotics, there should be animal welfare to consider. I worked just long enough in a feedlot to become disillusioned. I'm surprised the general public has tolerated things as long as they have, but then I guess cheap beef is all we care about.</p><p></p><p>We wipe out immune systems by stressing (weaning, shipping, changing feed, crowding), and co-mingle to spread pathogens around, and we wonder why they get pneumonia we have to treat. Then we feed a high-grain diet, causing acid, which burns holes in the rumen allowing bacteria to infect the liver. Doesn't take much googling to learn about it. From the Journal of Animal Science:</p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://jas.fass.org/cgi/content/abstract/76/1/287" target="_blank">http://jas.fass.org/cgi/content/abstract/76/1/287</a></p><p></p><p>Note the need for antibiotics in feed to prevent liver abscesses and the concern for "economic liability". Anybody here had severe stomach ulcers and liver abscesses?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djinwa, post: 725382, member: 8265"] Yes, use them for sick cattle only, and we shouldn't intentionally make them sick. Not only do we create the need for antibiotics, there should be animal welfare to consider. I worked just long enough in a feedlot to become disillusioned. I'm surprised the general public has tolerated things as long as they have, but then I guess cheap beef is all we care about. We wipe out immune systems by stressing (weaning, shipping, changing feed, crowding), and co-mingle to spread pathogens around, and we wonder why they get pneumonia we have to treat. Then we feed a high-grain diet, causing acid, which burns holes in the rumen allowing bacteria to infect the liver. Doesn't take much googling to learn about it. From the Journal of Animal Science: [url=http://jas.fass.org/cgi/content/abstract/76/1/287]http://jas.fass.org/cgi/content/abstract/76/1/287[/url] Note the need for antibiotics in feed to prevent liver abscesses and the concern for "economic liability". Anybody here had severe stomach ulcers and liver abscesses? [/QUOTE]
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