Which statement best evaluates the author's response to the counterclaim that antibiotics promote growth and health in livestock? It is effective because the author illustrates how farmers could achieve livestock growth and health without giving livestock antibiotics. It is ineffective because the author implies that by giving livestock antibiotics, farmers promote superbug formation, which is inaccurate. It is ineffective because the author exaggerates the impact of antibiotic use in livestock, implying that it will cause premature death. It is effective because the author uses facts and statistics from reliable sources to refute the counterclaim.

These days because of increase in the rate of population, there has been use of chemicals like antibiotics which increases the rate of production of food in the food producing animals. This helps to meet the demand of the increasing population in the world.

But giving antibiotics is not healthy because it is not natural and because of this there is formation of super bugs. When they go into the body of humans through the body of the animals, it can result into the illness in the body of the humans. It should not be used because it is not very healthy.