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Is the use of antibiotics on farms causing superbugs?

New research from the University of Cambridge has found antibiotic-resistant e. coli bacteria in samples of pork and chicken from our biggest supermarkets. Dr Mark Holmes tells You & Yours about the danger of these superbugs in the food we eat and Winifred Robinson asks Gwyn Jones from the Responsible Use of Medicines in Animals what farmers are doing to reduce antibiotic use in livestock.

First broadcast on You & Yours, 8 September 2016.

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5 minutes

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