Wide scale antimicrobial usage in animal farming accelerates antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria which is spread onto the human population that consume the products and the environment into which livestock farming wastes are released. Agricultural authorities need to regulate the use of antibiotics in farming, in general, so that the AMR bacteria risk is reduced.

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