Post-antibiotic era: Managing antibiotic resistance in livestock

The growing world population has increased the demand for meat, egg, and milk products and has led to a rapid growth in the scale of livestock enterprises globally. Therefore, livestock production intensification would likely increase the animal density and the need to administer antimicrobial substances. According to the World Health Organization more than 70% of medically important antibiotics are sold to food producing farms which contributes to the increased prevalence of antibiotic-resis