Public Health Consequences of Using Antibiotics in Chicken

Public Health Consequences of Using Antibiotics in Chicken
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Public Health Consequences of Using Antibiotics in Chicken
Question 1
In the United States, white meat is most preferred and so chicken has been redesigned in order for them to have enough breast meat. It is important to note that the change recorded in poultry is attributed to different factors such as hormone and precision breeding among others. About seventeen different classes of antimicrobial agents have been accepted for promoting and facilitating growth in the United States. These may include tetracyclines and penicillin among others. Ideally, applying antimicrobial agents in animal feeds has promoted concerns regarding their effects on human beings (McKenna, 2017). In the last few decades, the awareness about the possible implications of antimicrobial resistance particularly on animals which offer food products and their potential effects to the human health has increased (Anderson, Nelson, Rossiter, Angulo, 2003). It is vital comprehending that the resistant bacteria acquired from the animal products pass to the humans through the food consumed and this tends to promote resistance to different infections drugs. The high resistance to different antimicrobial agents which are critical for treating human diseases tend to pose more health concerns.
Question2
Antimicrobial resistance has been and is still a huge issue that tends to minimize the active lifetime of new antimicrobial compounds. Additionally, the new active antimicrobials may not develop at a reasonable rate, thus posing a major challenge in finding alternative ways to combat bacterial pathogens or finding ways to prevent the resistance (Anderson, Nelson, Rossiter, Angulo, 2003). The option of whether to apply antimicrobial agents for management and treatment of identified infectious diseases may be seen as a straightforw...