US CHICKENS GIVEN ANTIBIOTICS. “Some of the nation’s largest poultry producers routinely feed chickens an array of antibiotics — not just when sickness strikes, but as a standard practice over most of the birds’ lives, … 80 percent of all antibiotics sold in the U.S. go to the livestock industry.” These are used primarily as growth promotors and to permit overcrowding.
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