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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
When you think of antibiotics, the first thing that probably comes to mind is a doctor prescribing treatment to a sick person. But the vast majority of antibiotics used are actually given to animals on factory farms. This overuse of antibiotics in the agricultural sector is fueling a global health crisis, with antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” killing more than one hundred Thais every day. Antibiotics are the silent props of the factory farm system, preventing stressed, confined animals from otherwise getting sick due to the dismal conditions they live in. Around 131,000 tons of antibiotics eac…