Kashmir Reader– January 12, 2019. “According to Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, a noted poultry expert, who has been the director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy, Washington DC and New Delhi. 12 out of the 18 poultry farms ie (67% farms) in India reported the use of antimicrobials as growth boosters. Tetracyclines and fluoroquinolones, antibiotics commonly used to treat cholera, malaria, respiratory and urinary tract infections in humans, were the most commonly used of these.”