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Antibiotics

Antibiotics are used as  a kind of drugs in the bio-industry. A farmer can  give the animals antibiotics himself if an animal is sick or he can call a vet.  
To keep the animals of the bio-industry nicely in their stables, the farmers sometimes give the animals antibiotics too. This is given through the food, the drinking water or by injections. These antibiotics take care that the animals behave calmly and that natural behaviour (of for instance pigs  sticking their noses into the mud) is suppressed. This is easier for the farmer, because he has less work to do. But it is dull for the animals because their natural intuition is suppressed. 
If an animal gets sick and a farmer gives it antibiotics, the animal has got antibiotics in his body. If the animal is taken to the butcher, and the meat is prepared, the meat will also be tested. If the meat contains too many antibiotics , the meat isn't sold and becomes offal 
 
*You can keep a lot of animals