The way they treat animals within the factories can cause many different issues that can lead to bigger issues that can spiral out of control. We should care because it can cause some major damage not only to the animals but to us as well. For instance, when the animals get sick, all we do is inject them with some type of antibiotics and some steroids that will just make matters worse. If the animal is sick and we inject them with different antibiotics and steroids, then the illness or disease adcances to a worse strain thus, could kill more of the life stalk. If an animal is sick, and then gets slaughtered, then even after the processing the strain could still be in the meat and could get people sick.
Lastly, with the amount of steroids that the factory animals are given makes them grow way faster and thus, makes haste on production. The unnatural feeds, hormones and excessive quantities of antibiotics used on factory farms put the human population at risk for chronic disease, obesity, and drug- resistant bateria, and pose the threat of major zoonotic disease outbreaks. According to the Centers of Disease Cortrol and Prevention, animal products are the primary source of saturaed fat in the american diet. Saturated fat has been linked to heart disease and obesity. Studies have shown that the unnatural feeds used to promote growth in animals on factory farms increase the saturated fat content of meat. In the 1950's antibiotics have been used on factory farms to increase the rate of growth in animals. Today, an estimated 70 percent of the antibiotics used in the U.S. are given to farm animals for non- resistant bacteria; as a result, certian bacterial ininfections have already become or are on their way to becoming untreatable in humans. Antibiotic resistant infections kill 90,000 americans every year. Some diseases, like H1N1 (Swine Flu) and Avian FLu, are communicable form animals to humans. These "zoonotic" dieases have the potential to become pandemics. Experts believe that the outbreak to H1N1 was likely caused by the overcrowding of pigs on factory farms and the storage of their waste in giant manure lagoons.
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