Antibodies In Cattle

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Using antibodies in cattle is a big ordeal to some. Antibodies are to help the cow cure any sickness and prevent anything from spreading. When cows get a sickness such as pinkeye or pneumonia etc. an antibiotic called LA200 is used. LA200 can be used for almost all illnesses in any livestock. In our herd we use it a lot because if a cow gets sick we do not want the others to catch it. With using antibiotics it also has its setbacks. Since we use antibiotics for our cattle certain places will not purchase the cattle because they are not all natural such Chipotle. Also when giving the cows a needle injection of antibodies, the meat around the needle puncture is no longer edible. This topic is important because we are a ranch family with a little …show more content…

Also it informs that antibiotics are used when needed and not just a free for all. Antibiotics are supposed to help make animals healthier and live a longer life. Citation: “Second opinion doctor.” Second opinion doctor RSS, 2017, www.second-opinion-doc.com/antibiotics-in-animal-feed-pros-and-cons.html The website Second Opinion doctors talks about the pros and the cons. A con would be that antibiotics used for the cattle could strengthen a virus or “germ” and could become some “supergerm that travels easily from person to person and which is resistant to many types of antibiotics”. Most of the viruses do get destroyed though and stop from passing to others if caught in a reasonable time. Second Opinion Doctors is a website designed to help with health issues and health research for all animals and veterinarians. This article is dependable because it has true facts and has both good and bad sides on all topics. I used this article for the opposing side of my issues because it has good points. Citation: Dunning, Brian. “Antibiotics and Hormones in Beef.” Skeptoid Podcast, 3 May 2016,

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