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by biorach 1147 days ago
> If you aren't feeding cattle antibiotic in a CAFO where they're crowded, eating spent brewers grain (mostly from fuel production), and living in filth, then they will get sick and die

Much citation needed. I don't know exactly what you mean by CAFO when it comes to cattle, but the EU banned routine administration of antibiotics with no noticable effect on the practice of permanently housing cows or beef cattle

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Plenty of citation is available if you google the term you don't know. Here's a basic overview of a CAFO (common in US, rare in EU).

https://www.sierraclub.org/grassroots-network/food-agricultu...

Thanks for the patronizing answer to a question I didn't ask

The EU has no shortage of feedlots and zero-grazed cow herds, and yet has phased out routine administration of antibiotics without any noticeable reduction in the animals in these conditions.

Therefore...

I'm asking for a citation for your claim that it's not possible to keep animals alive in these conditions without the use of antibiotics

> If you aren't feeding cattle antibiotic in a CAFO where they're crowded, eating spent brewers grain (mostly from fuel production), and living in filth, then they will get sick and die

Do you have a source?