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A CDC infographic on how antibiotic-resistant bacteria have the potential to spread from farm animals. Antibiotic use in livestock is the use of antibiotics for any purpose in the husbandry of livestock, which includes treatment when ill (therapeutic), treatment of a group of animals when at least one is diagnosed with clinical infection (metaphylaxis [1]), and preventative treatment ...
Some producers have started eliminating the use of antibiotics in order to produce and market chickens that may legally be labeled "antibiotic free." In 2007, Perdue began phasing out all medically important antibiotics from its feed and hatcheries and began selling poultry products labeled "no antibiotics ever" under the Harvestland brand.
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1957 – In the United States, millions of chickens died after eating dioxin-contaminated feed, and 300,000 more were killed to prevent consumption. It was later discovered that the feed was made with contaminated tallow , eventually traced to the use of trimmings from pentachlorophenol -treated cow hides at rendering plants.
Weed killers or herbicides are made with chemicals that can be harmful to people, wildlife, and the environment. ... The reason has to do with how plants take in nutrients at this time of year ...
Vegan diets often “emphasize high-fiber, low-glycemic foods and plant proteins, which can slow down digestion, prevent blood sugar spikes and enhance insulin sensitivity,” says Vandana Sheth ...
A noxious weed, harmful weed or injurious weed is a weed that has been designated by an agricultural or other governing authority as a plant that is harmful to agricultural or horticultural crops, natural habitats or ecosystems, or humans or livestock. Most noxious weeds have been introduced into an ecosystem by ignorance, mismanagement, or ...
A former Tennessee teacher who got pregnant after raping a 12-year-old boy pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to 25 years in prison with no parole. On Dec. 20, Alissa McCommon, 39, of Covington ...