Sentences with phrase «curb animal infections»

The deadly Escherichia coli outbreak in Germany last year, which sickened more than 4,000 people and killed more than 50, may be traceable to modern factory farming, which uses massive doses of antibiotics to curb animal infections, likely converting a normally benign microbe into an antibiotic - resistant killer.

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Aside from relieving the animal's discomfort, treatment can curb infection stemming from the mutilation of the ears and face that results from aggressive and nonstop scratching.