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Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Animal husbandry > General
Farmers use antibiotics to treat, prevent, and control animal
diseases and increase the productivity of animals and operations.
However, there is concern that routine antibiotic use in livestock
will contribute to antimicrobial-resistant pathogens, with
repercussions for human and animal health. Given these concerns,
pressure to limit antibiotic uses for purposes other than disease
treatment is mounting. Changes in use will lead to a series of
adjustments in animal agriculture as producers change production
practices, with potential repercussions for prices and volumes in
livestock markets. This book addresses the following questions: How
widely are antibiotics used in the livestock industries? How could
the current structure of the livestock industry influence the
effects of restrictions on certain uses of antibiotics? How might
the restriction of antibiotics affect production and costs at the
animal and farm levels? How might those impacts affect production
and prices in markets?
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