There seem to be a lot of benefits to the subtherapeutic use of antibiotics, how can it be so bad?
A. While there seems to be benefits of using antibiotics in this manner, there are also many consequences. One important consequence is the production of antibiotic-resistant strains of common food-borne illnesses. A second consequence is the diminishing ability of humans to treat common diseases that were once easily treated by our current drug arsenal. As antibiotic usage becomes more common, more diseases become resistant to the antibiotics being used to treat them. Thus, when humans become sick, it is more difficult to treat the patient effectively. The use of antibiotics in a subtherapeutic manner only hastens this process. Third, studies have shown that, as animal herd size grows, the use of antibiotics becomes preventive rather than therapeutic. Therefore, as concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) become a more common method of animal husbandry, antibiotic usage will increase. If animals were raised in healthier conditions, the use of antibiotics as a preventative would
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