Antibiotic Use in Livestock

Antibiotic use in livestock involves administering medicines to animals like cows, pigs, and chickens to treat or prevent infections and promote growth. While these antibiotics help keep animals healthy and improve food production, overuse can lead to bacteria becoming resistant, making infections harder to treat in both animals and humans. To address this, regulations now encourage responsible antibiotic use, restricting their use to necessary situations and emphasizing alternatives to antibiotics for maintaining animal health. This balance aims to ensure safe food, animal welfare, and public health.