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    1. owldonkey on

      Can someone provide more details – why some countries use more antibiotics in livestock than others? Is that related to raising, different species, climate or different industry standards?

    2. chanjitsu on

      Oh jesus. Just adjusted the map to show the whole world and China’s goin nuts

    3. DocRock089 on

      Yepp, this is a huge part on why antibiotic resistance in bacteria is so much of an issue these days. Focus has been a lot on doctors overprescribing, but overall, the meat industry is a much bigger factor in this.

    4. And if we keep going at it like this, then soon bacteria will be immune to antibiotics and we’ll have a major health crisis.

    5. DGS_Cass3636 on

      Yeah there have been huge changes in northwest Europe in the last 10/15 years.

      Of course laws have changed in certian countries, but also overall looking into the animal health more and extremely in-depth.

      I work as a young stock advisor(Netherlands), and I see that antibiotics in calves until 1 year old, are almost not used at all. And instead of using antibiotics, more and more farmers go to prevention by for example vaccines.

      Also, my job baiscally didn’t exist 15 years ago, as the knowledge and importance about calves was not there, however with all the knowledge about these animals, it makes it extremely innovative, which is not only good for animal health and antibiotic usage, but also for the environment as well.

    6. Altruistic-Many9270 on

      And then they cry when antibiotic resistant bacteries explode.

    7. kress404 on

      do the antibiotics make meat less safe for consumption? (or more?)

    8. Now show me actual data (antibiotics used / meat produced) not a heavily adjusted coefficient.

    9. Ok_Text8503 on

      I’m shocked the US number is so low. There is always so much talk about how shitty food regulations are in the States and yet their numbers are much lower than many parts of Europe and Canada.

    10. IIWhiteHawkII on

      With all love and warmness towards Lithuania, I can’t believe they’re using less antibiotics than us, Latvia. Simply because it’s a bigger industry, cheaper meat (chicken and beef), etc. The bigger the industry – the more gimmicks it uses to optimize the production flow.

      But okay, I’m not a specialist nor having metrics “on paper”. Still glad we both are in less-antibiotics bar. Food quality in Baltics and Nordics is superior to the rest of EU.

    11. It is not about preventing illness.
      Antibiotics help animals to grow mass.
      Nobody knows exactly why, but it works.
      For anything, from chicken to salmon.

    12. FiguringItOutAsWeGo on

      I’d love to see this compared to a US chart.

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