Farmers given urgent warning to stop using antibiotics

Farmers must stop giving antibiotics to healthy animals because they are fuelling the rise of superbugs, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. Considerable amounts of antibiotics are administered to animals in the UK to prevent infections, especially in intensive farming. The drugs are also given to animals to promote growth in the US and Asia, although the practice has been banned in the EU since 2006.
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