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How might the usage of Baytril in livestock impact the efficacy of fluoroquinolones?
Ans) Baytril is the trade name of Enrofloxacin which is a flouroquine medication.Fluoroquinolone which is used constantly and repetitively in food animals is associated with infections by antimicrobial drug–resistant strains of Campylobacter,E coli and Salmonella in humans. This is because when these animals are eaten by humans biomagnification of Baytril occurs in humans. Unnecessary exposure of flouroquinolones to microbes in human body results in develoent of ressistance. These infections consequently cause problems in treating illnesses as well as increased rates of illness and death as the causative organism is flouroquinolone resistant.