Livestock Farming and Antimicrobial Resistance

About the Series

Overuse of antibiotics for meat and dairy farming is helping drive the rise of antibiotic resistant superbugs worldwide, which could cause up to 10 million deaths a year by 2050. 

These vital medicines are a centerpiece of industrial animal farming, enabling intensive, crowded conditions that can breed disease. This system has created the boom in meat and dairy production at the heart of agricultureโ€™s ballooning greenhouse gas emissions. 

In this series, DeSmog explores why governments around the world are failing to address industrial agricultureโ€™s reliance on antibiotics amid growing antimicrobial resistance. We scrutinize the role of the meat, dairy and pharmaceutical sectors in resisting change in the US, the UK and across the EU.

In This Series

Analysis
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A DeSmog review of hundreds of documents identifies eight arguments fielded by the industrial farming lobby to allay concerns over livestock drugs.

A DeSmog review of hundreds of documents identifies eight arguments fielded by the industrial farming lobby to allay concerns over livestock drugs.
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Campaigners say veterinary medicines lobby groups are using European Livestock Voice to push back against moves to curb antibiotic use on farms.

Campaigners say veterinary medicines lobby groups are using European Livestock Voice to push back against moves to curb antibiotic use on farms.
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Pharmaceutical and veterinary medicine lobbies had privileged access to officials developing legislation to fight the emergence of fatal superbugs, DeSmog can reveal.

Pharmaceutical and veterinary medicine lobbies had privileged access to officials developing legislation to fight the emergence of fatal superbugs, DeSmog can reveal.