OUTRAGUS government overreach by FDA!

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Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

This statement smacks of Santorum-esque "In my heart I know this is true" -ism. Please give some sources to back up the assertion that superbugs are solely due to parental overuse of antibiotics on their children.

It won't happen. It's a ridiculous statement with zero basis in physiologic reality.

What you pointed out, however, about why antibiotics are used, will necessarily cause changes in the common husbandry of cattle, poultry. This has been an idea whose time should have come decades ago, unfortunately. I'm glad to see it.

In KY, we raise beef cattle on the terrific, dense grass we have, we can have 40 per 100 acres. In western Texas, range cattle need 40 acres or so per cow, so feedlots are used to make it financially viable. That will have to change. That is a plus for regions like KY, TN, and a huge negative for Nebraska, Kansas, Texas where they use corn and silage rather than grass feeding.