The European Parliament is calling for tighter regulation of rules governing the prescription of veterinary antibiotics to animals. The MEPs want to stop the practice of mass medication of animals with antibiotics in order to cure a couple of sick animals on farms. They say the over prescription of antibiotics to both humans and animals is leading to an increased resistance to infections and common diseases. The Sinn Fein MEP Lynn Boylan says this resistance is taking its toll annually in Europe.
Out words: resistant pathogens
Dur: 00:32
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