Raised Without Antibiotics

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Using antibiotics in animals is a huge thing now. Some people are for and some people are not. Many people don’t understand what antibiotics could do to that animal or even to the human that consumes it. Antibiotics can be good but can also be bad, it is really a 50/50, people really need to research different things like this to know what happens. Many companies in poultry have decided to use or not use antibiotics. They may call it organic, being that even if they are ill, they are not given antibiotics. Some say “Raised without antibiotics” meaning that they are not raised on certified farms. People don’t realize that animals need antibiotics if they are ill. Many corporations “vaccinate” and pump these antibiotics in them even if they

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