Bovine Respiratory Disease;
the most common illness of beef cattle in the
world.
Calves lose appetite;
develop fever;
experience breathing difficulties.
In some feedlots,
more than half will die.
Luckily, antibiotics help.
A veterinarian can advise on the right
treatment.
IKEA says its meatballs are free of
antibiotics.
If it means
animals were treated but
no drug residues were left at the time of
slaughter,
how is that different than any other
meat?
If it means
animals were never given these
medications,
what did they do
when a cow got
sick?
By Shai Ben-Shalom
