30.6 Million. That's how many pounds of antibiotics were administered to livestock in the U.S. in 2010, according to an annual report released by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimate that the amount of antibiotics used every year by North Carolina hog farms alone exceeds the total used to treat all human infections in the United States. Ranchers are able to buy antibiotics over the counter at farm supply stores to keep their animals growing and healthy despite confined and often unsanitary living conditions.
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