- Antibiotics are used on many animal farms.
- Farmers give medicine very quickly to sick animals.
- Veterinary care is limited and often costly.
- Some farmers act without a vet.
- Wrong use makes germs less treatable.
- Resistant germs can spread to people.
- This is a health problem for communities.
- Experts ask for better rules, checks and help.
- People need more education on safe medicine use.
- Better checks can keep people safer.
Difficult words
- antibiotic — medicine that kills bacteria and treats infectionAntibiotics
- veterinary — relating to animal doctors and animal health
- resistant — not killed by a medicine or treatment
- germ — a tiny organism that can cause diseasegerms
- community — a group of people living in one placecommunities
- expert — a person with special knowledge or skillExperts
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Discussion questions
- Do you know a veterinarian or vet?
- Would you ask a vet for help with sick animals?
- Do you know what antibiotics do?
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