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<strong>Antibiotic</strong> Usage Data<br />

●<br />

Exact amount <strong>of</strong> antibiotics used in animal production is<br />

unknown but likely comparabl<br />

e to amount used in human<br />

medicine<br />

▲ <strong>Animal</strong>s – est. 21.7 million<br />

use; 2004)<br />

pounds (95% for therapeutic<br />

▲ Aquaculture – 65,000 pounds annually (2003)<br />

▲ Plants – 52 million pounds<br />

<strong>of</strong> fungicides id and 44,000<br />

pounds <strong>of</strong> antibiotics (2004)<br />

▲ Human – unknown (est. 4.<br />

5 million to 32 million pounds<br />

depending on organizationn providing estimates)

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