THE ROLE OF ANTIBIOTICS, AND HORMONES IN CHICKEN RAISING, AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH, AFTER CONSUMING SUCH MEAT.

THE ROLE OF ANTIBIOTICS, AND HORMONES IN CHICKEN RAISING, AND ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN HEALTH, AFTER CONSUMING SUCH MEAT.

In order to protects chicken from various diseases, the farmer must use the antibiotic and steroids, at the same time there is a pressure to fatten and make them mature quickly in order to feed the growing population, but the effects of antibodies and hormones are shown as under:

 Two nitrofurans (furazolidone and nitro-furazone) use as an antibiotic to chicken (are use to treat illness and promote growth) hormone used to fatten and promote growth, steroids to built-up bulk and weight, tranquillisers for anti-stress. These cause health risk or cancer due to easily pass from chicken meat to human.

 The anabolic steroids (hormones) use to promote growth in animal, while estradiol, testosterone, progesterone and synthetic zeranol and trenbalone. Zeranol is a mixture of trenbalone and estratiol both hormones helps conversion of feed into muscle by up-to 20% and meat show low fat.

 Estrogen is an endocrine disrupter, they can cross placental barriers and may produce effect if any body consume such food.

 Kichard M. Sharpe, research physiologist with the Medical Research Council Edinburg, the body hormonal balance, like early puberty, lowered sperm count or it could behaviour changes to motor, intellectual and immune system impairment.

 Use of penicillin family cause allergic reactions, neomycin, gentamicin, streptomycin, can cause deafness, tetracycline worsen kidney disease, Trimethoprim is dangerous for pregnant or people with impaired kidney function.

 Use of fluoraquinolones antibiotic use in chicken but poultry causes resistant to camplyobacter bacteria, this resistant bacteria could be pass to human.

Conclusion.

Due to getting health problems by consuming such meat farmers are trying to switch back to old tradition, which is an organic farming, although it needed more labourer and cost more in the market, but health conscious consumer are ready to pay premium prices for organic food, which is environmentally safe and sound method of production.

Author: Farzana Panhwar (Mrs)
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