Some 50% of the antibiotics
consumed in Italy are used on chicken, turkey and pig farms,
according to the national plan on antibiotic resistance issued
Friday.
The plan's authors issued an alarm saying resistance to
antibiotics was passed from animals to humans.
This can happen either via direct contact or via eating meat,
they said.
"This abuse has spread the probelm of antibiotic resistance
among animals," they said.
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