Expert talk: We need to move or we will be moved

Apart from the environmental and animal welfare discussions on large scale farming, there is currently a huge debate about what health management in meat producing animals should look like in the future. Scientists raise concerns about the use of antimicrobials in animals on zoonotic or food borne bacteria e. g. about MRSA or antibiotic resistant Campylobacter and see a risk of resistant bacteria in animals becoming harmful for humans. There is also lots of controversy on the magnitude of risk.