America’s farm animals could undergo mass vaccination as producers move away from antibiotics

‘Recognizing that the future of antibiotics as an adjunct to commercial animal husbandry is just one “superbug” mutation away from an utter and catastrophic breakdown, the pharmaceutical industry is busy developing the next phase of drug-based “healthcare” for livestock: mass vaccination with an ever-evolving pipeline of new vaccines.
Elanco LLC, a unit of drug giant Eli Lilly & Co., recently opened the doors to a new 48,000-square-foot facility located about 23 miles outside of Indianapolis that’s dedicated entirely to developing new vaccines for the world’s 70 billion farm animals, many of which are currently fed huge amounts of antibiotics to make them bigger and fatter prior to slaughter.’
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