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Question
List any four ways in which the antibiotics are being used.
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Solution
- Antibiotics have a wide use in medicine to fight infections.
- Certain antibiotics are used as food preservatives, especially for fresh meat and fish.
- Some antibiotics are used in treating animal feed to prevent internal infection.
- Some antibiotics are used for controlling plant pathogens.
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