Tetracycline antibiotics are frequently included in commercial poultry feed. Why is the practice unwise for human health in the long run?

What will be an ideal response?


This use of an antibiotic hastens the day when potentially devastating pathogenic bacteria evolve natural resistance to the antibiotic.

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a. sea water. b. lake water. c. stream water. d. glacial water. e. groundwater

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What will be an ideal response?

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