CONTAGION: Antibiotics in agriculture add to growing superbug threat – Creston Valley Advance

CONTAGION: Antibiotics in agriculture add to growing superbug threat

In India and Canada, farmers give animals antibiotics to fatten, prevent disease or treat sickness

Jun. 30, 2018 9:10 a.m.
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