Kenyan farmers should not use antibiotics to promote growth in livestock

Since their accidental discovery of antibiotics by Alexander Fleming in 1928 and commercialisation in the 1940s, antibiotics have drastically reduced number of deaths due to bacterial infections in both man and animals.

But recent studies show that these gains may be reversed if irrational and irresponsible use of antibiotics is not addressed both globally and nationally. The misuse of antibacterial drugs has resulted in development of bacterial resistance over time. Farmers are being blamed for antibiotic abuse in livestock production which poses a great threat to the public health.