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…
over of 500 head of cattle and 1,280 acres of land. My town is also full of cattle ranches who are all wanting the same thing. Citation: “Animal Antibiotics.” Animal Health Institute, www.ahi.org/issues-advocacy/animal-antibiotics/ On Animal Antibiotics it tells about “Research has shown the proper use of antibiotics can keep food animals healthy”.
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,
skeptoid.com/episodes/4517 In Dunning's talk he talks about how everybody thinks that antibiotics are bad for the animals but it's good for them because it cures the illnesses they can get. Antibiotics are an essential for cattle just like humans. Our cattle is a “valuable asset” and “we don't let them get sick and die if we can help it”. An average cow can bring in anywhere from $2,500 to $3,700 and a newly weaned calf is around $1,400. Brian Dunning is an American author who like to focus on the sciences and created a podcast for education. He won a Parsec Award on two other of his teachings. These podcasts were started in 2006 and are still going to this day with more and more research.
In the last decade, the number of prescriptions for antibiotics has increases. Even though, antibiotics are helpful, an excess amount of antibiotics can be dangerous. Quite often antibiotics are wrongly prescribed to cure viruses when they are meant to target bacteria. Antibiotics are a type of medicine that is prone to kill microorganisms, or bacteria. By examining the PBS documentary Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria and the article “U.S. government taps GlaxoSmithKline for New Antibiotics” by Ben Hirschler as well as a few other articles can help depict the problem that is of doctors prescribing antibiotics wrongly or excessively, which can led to becoming harmful to the body.
Secondly, to continue his discussion, he also describes the process in how chemical’s are used in the food we consume. Many of the foods we buy at the supermarket contain a high amount of preservatives, antibiotics, GMO’s, chemicals and other different verity types of lab drugs. He explains how in today’s society it’s common to use these lab-made drugs in our food to span the life of it, then if the drug wasn’t used. For instance, in the book the author Michael Pollan states, “Most of the antibiotics sold in America today end up in animal feed… public health advocates don’t object to treating sick animals with antibiotics; they just don’t want to see the drug lose their effectiveness because factory farms are feeding them to healthy animals to promote growth” (78-79). This passage states that the life saving drug that is originally used to treat any kind
Resistance arises from mutations that are not under the control of humans, but the evolution of bacteria has been sped along by the overexposure of antibiotics to both people and animals. The number of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria in an area is closely related to the frequency that antibiotics that are prescribed (Todar, 2012). Patients often unnecessarily demand antibiotics to treat common colds or simple illnesses that are not caused by bacteria. Instead, these infections are caused by viruses which, unlike bacteria, are unaffected by antibiotics. Incorrect diagnosis can also lead patients to using unnecessary antibiotics, which can sometimes be even more dangerous than otherwise left untreated. Besides the fact that antibiotics kill off beneficial bacteria in the intestines, misuse of antibiotics provides an opportunity ...
A growing issue in the world today is the use of antibiotics and growth hormones in the animal production industry. However, for over sixty years, Americans have been exposed to hormones on a regular basis when they consume beef. Organic Consumer Association: On average, eighty percent of all feedlot cattle are given hormones to help them grow at an increased rate. (Communication Foundation) “In 1988 the European Union banned the use of all hormone growth promoters.” (Organic Consumer Association)
Normally, cows in Northern Europe in places such as Denmark live normal lives simply grazing on grass, and existing. However, there have been recent changes that have disrupted this normal activity. Generally the bluetongue virus (spread by Culicoides imicola, a biting midge) has been confined to Southern Europe and other places around the Mediterranean. But with the increase in temperature throughout the area, the midge has been allowed to migrate northward. This new pest is a nuisance and causes lots of difficulties to farmers in the area. When a cow contracts this disease, they usually also receive oral ulcers, salivation, stiffness, fever and eventually the inevitable- death (Merck Veterinary Manual NP). Because of the increase in temperature, midges have spread around the globe infecting livestock and creating terrible trouble for many farmers.
What stress may mean to a doctor and their patient can be very different from what stress may mean to a veterinarian and an animal. But with the amou...
According to USA Today, U.S. doctors are prescribing enough antibiotics to give to 4 out of 5 Americans every year, an alarming pace that suggests they are being excruciatingly overused. In fact, Dr. Aunna Pourang from MD states, “to give you an idea of how high the pressure is to prescribe antibiotics, I didn’t get a job once because during the interview I told the lead physician that I only prescribe antibiotic prescriptions when they are warranted.” The development and widespread obsession of antibiotics, or drugs that kill bacteria and thereby reduce infection, has helped billions of people live longer, healthier lives. Unfortunately, the more we rely on and abuse antibiotics, the more bacteria develop resistance to them, which makes treating infections that much more challenging and leads to the growth of drug-resistant strains of bacteria. Research from the Center of Disease Control found that two million people in the United States become infected with antibiotic resistant bacteria, while 23,000 people die from such infections each year. Americans often aren’t informed on the power of the human body and rush to assumptions when perfection isn’t present. In a nutshell, the obsession of antibiotics is quite deadly and needs to be addressed before it’s too
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When owners take their pets to the clinic, they are understandably anxious about the results and outcome of the visit. While it’s the veterinarian's job to provide care for the animal, it’s also their job to put the owners at ease, reassuring them that their pet will indeed be fine. This communication is vital for building trust, as it lets the owner know what is happening to their animal and gives them confidence in believing that everything will be okay. What’s more, veterinarians that take the time to thoroughly explain procedures and instructions regarding petcare, are teaching pet owners how to better tend to their
However, health concerned organizations want to ban the use of these products due to the increasing fears that they can cause harm to the consumers. For over 50 years, antibiotics have been added to the food of animals such as poultry, cattle and pigs. The main purpose for doing so is to lower the risk of disease in animals. Farm animals are housed together in overcrowded areas, which are very dirty. The hygiene level can get to such a poor state that they are often in contact with their own excreta as well as excreta of the other animals they are housed with and because of tight single air space they share, the likelihood of catching diseases from one another is further increased and very often a whole heard can be infected at one time.
Generally in life, an overabundance of anything is thought of as a blessing.For instance, most people would say that there is no point where someone has too much money, or too much time; however, having and using too many antibiotics can be a problem.With the advent of antibiotics in 1929 Fleming warned that, "The time may come when penicillin can be bought by anyone in the shops.Then there is the danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself and by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug make them resistant."[1]Following with Fleming's words antibiotics need to be prescribed in a judicious fashion, not of one with a careless action, "one third of the 150 million outpatient prescriptions are unnecessary."[2]With the overuse of antibiotics today we have seen this very idea come to be.Over usage is caused most prevalently by a lack of education on the part of the patient.Thus stated, the way to overcome such a circumstance is to educate, not only the physician but also the patient.
The Cow and Calf division of the Animal Health segment markets its products direct to cattle ranchers. Such products include vaccines, medications, and antibiotics to support healthy and consistent herds of beef producing cattle. It segmented the market into three distinct categories. Hobbyists herd less than 100 cows; Traditionalists commonly carry between 100 to 499, and Businesses are working with 500 or more. (Mohr, 1999) Time spent in the field with the ranchers was allocated based on the volume of product purchased by each individual. Those that spent higher dollar amounts received the most attention (in the form of personal visits, seminar offerings, and trial product samples).
It is estimated that over one-half of the antibiotics in the U.S. are used in food animal production. The overuse of antimicrobials in food animal production is an under-appreciated problem. In both human and veterinary medicine, the risk of developing resistance rises each time bacteria are exposed to antimicrobials. Resistance opens the door to treatment failure for even the most common pathogens and leads to an increasing number of infections. The mounting evidence of the relationship between antimicrobial use in animal husbandry and the increase in bacterial resistance in humans has prompted several reviews of agricultural practices by scientific authorities in a number of countries, including the US.