A livestock official inspects a pig farm in Nakhon Pathom for the antibiotic colistin. "I mixed powdered antibiotics with pig food. I had no money to buy antibiotics for my pigs so I fed them with fermented banana stems," Sitthichai said. "At the beginning, a lot of pigs got sick because they didn't receive antibiotics as before, but they slowly became immune. "The misuse of antibiotics has been treated as a point of concern among consumer-rights organisations worldwide," said Saree.

Source: Bangkok Post March 28, 2017 00:00 UTC