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Daily Video August 10 2017

Antibiotics keep animals healthy, but some dangerous superbugs are resistant
As high-density, industrial-scale livestock feeding operations become the norm, farmers have had to take extra steps to keep animals healthy. Illnesses and diseases grow and spread quickly when large numbers of similar animals are kept in close proximity.

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