April
9, 1950
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Biochemists Thomas
H. Jukes and Robert Stokstad of Lederle Laboratories announced their
accidental discovery of the increased production that resulted from antibiotics mixed into animal
feed. Mixing an antibiotic into feed at 1 part per 400 (five pounds into
one ton) increased the growth rate in piglets by 50 percent, and at a lesser
rate in chicks and calves, leading to a practice that would become widespread
in animal husbandry.
Born in 1950?
Then congratulations on entering the world of
Medicare.
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