THE INDEPENDENT: Farmers using powerful antibiotic 'of last resort' on healthy chickens to boost weight, report finds

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Roger Harrison, a senior lecturer in public health at the University of Manchester, said the issue of antibiotic resistance was also down to humans “taking far too many, for far too long and mainly because we haven’t even needed them”.

Prof Harrison, who also chairs Action on Antibiotic Drug Resistance, added: “We need to be concerned as tens of thousands of people die because of this, and plenty more will continue to do so until we get new antibiotics in the pipeline, improve sanitation and general infection control.”