Misuse of antibiotics in poultry farms is leading to a proliferation of multi-drug resistant bacteria. To make matters worse, these bacteria are now spreading in the environment because of unsafe disposal of poultry litter and waste in agricultural fields – this has a potential to infect human beings: says a new study from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/antibiotic-misuse-poultry-farms-leading-multi-drug-resistant-bacteria-says-cse%E2%80%99s-new-study
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/antibiotic
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/poultry
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cse-study