Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of world’s most common bacterial cause of diarrhoea. There has also been a rise in antimicrobial resistance traits in circulating strains. Intensive breeding has led to “super growing” chickens that reach adult size and are slaughtered at 5 weeks old.

Industrial chicken farming accelerating spread of world’s most common bacterial cause of diarrhoea. There has also been a rise in antimicrobial resistance traits in circulating strains. Intensive breeding has led to “super growing” chickens that reach adult size and are slaughtered at 5 weeks old.