Antibiotic overuse in farming

Abstract

Although antibiotic therapy is important for animal health, for the preservation of livestock and the improvement of sanitary conditions, the unrestrained use of these molecules presents great risks to public health. The aim of our research is to highlight the use of antibiotics in poultry farming and its impact on the intestinal flora of chickens as well as on consumer health. The spread of the phenomenon of uncontrolled antibiotic use, the risks become complex and multiple and the danger is increasing and intensified. All previous studies indicate that the adverse effects of non-rational usage of antibiotics in poultry are widespread and multiple, but antibiotic resistance is the most disastrous problem among these effects. All parts of the public and animal health sector must therefore face this phenomenon in order to control it and avoid exacerbating its effects.