The Ministry of Health has warned that antibiotics could soon be less effective to fight infections because farmers use them to fatten animals. The antibiotics get into our bodies mainly through consumption of chicken, pork and beef, according to the Ministry of Agriculture. Eric Fevre, from International Livestock Research Institute, which conducted studies on the use of antibiotics in fattening animals around Thika, said almost all poultry farmers used antibiotics. Sam Kariuki, a researcher from the Kenya Medical Research Institute, said that at times farmers used antibiotics for lack of knowledge. Resistance to antibiotics can be worsened with diseases caused by infected animals, said Janet Siele.

Source: Standard Digital November 15, 2018 21:04 UTC