{UAH} Lira farmers share ARVs with their pigs - Special Reports

Lira. The pork you are enjoying for breakfast, lunch or dinner could take you to an early grave. Yes! The same life-prolonging drugs that are prescribed to treat HIV/Aids patients are now being given to pigs that supply the pork we eat every day.

Farmers say they have to feed ARVs to pigs to keep them healthy and meet the area's growing appetite for cheap pork. But public health advocates argue that the practice breeds antibiotic-resistant germs in animals that can cause deadly harm to the consumers.

http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/Lira-farmers-share-ARVs-pigs/-/688342/3172864/-/rspicpz/-/index.html


Sincerely,

Brian M. Kwesiga

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