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Breeding Bacteria on Factory Farms

Montana Public Radio | By mtpr.org

Published September 27, 2013 at 8:00 AM MDT

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September 29th, 2013: Jon and Greg discuss a New York Times piece by Mark Bittman on the practice of giving prophylactic doses of antibiotics to livestock, and how it accelerates the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.