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the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals has contributed to
an increase in antibiotic allergies in people.
an increase the effectiveness of these antibiotics
an increase in people who are resistant to these antibiotics
an increase in antibiotics that are susceptible to bacteria
an increase in bacteria that are resistant to these antibiotics
When antibiotics are overused in farm animals, bacteria are exposed to them repeatedly. Through natural selection, bacteria that have mutations or acquire resistance genes survive and reproduce, passing on the resistance trait. This leads to an increase in antibiotic - resistant bacteria. Antibiotic allergies in people are more related to individual immune responses rather than overuse in farm animals. Overuse would decrease, not increase, antibiotic effectiveness. People don't become resistant to antibiotics in the sense that bacteria do. And it's bacteria that become resistant to antibiotics, not the other way around.
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an increase in bacteria that are resistant to these antibiotics