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The technical designation is CAFO, and it stands for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation. To their detractors, they are often referred to as factory farms.
Although CAFO can be very broadly applied to farms with even small numbers of livestock, for those who are opposed to such operations, CAFO refers mainly to very large farms that confine cows, chickens, turkeys, pigs, or farmed fish under crowded, inhumane conditions; produce large amounts of toxic waste (manure, and other waste products) that often necessitates large open lagoons for containment; and requires the prophylactic use of antibiotics to prevent the spread of disease.
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The technical designation is CAFO, and it stands for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation. To their detractors, they are often referred to as factory farms.
Although CAFO can be very broadly applied to farms with even small numbers of livestock, for those who are opposed to such operations, CAFO refers mainly to very large farms that confine cows, chickens, turkeys, pigs, or farmed fish under crowded, inhumane conditions; produce large amounts of toxic waste (manure, and other waste products) that often necessitates large open lagoons for containment; and requires the prophylactic use of antibiotics to prevent the spread of disease.
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