Every year, antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill over 38,400 people in Thailand. On the YouTube channel of World Animal Protection Thailand, an animation titled Getting To Know Superbugs takes viewers to a crowded factory farm where a pig named Molly lives. Molly explains that since pigs live in crowded places, they feel stressed, so they bite and fight. To solve this problem, their tails are cut off and their teeth clipped when they are young. Moreover, the farm puts antibiotics in their food and water to keep them from getting sick.
Sam, the germ in the animation, explains that when germs are exposed to antibiotics in low doses, they have a better chance of fighting the antibiotics…
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