Live animal transport risks spreading antibiotic-resistant superbugs, warn experts

Exclusive: Scientists say threat can undermine human health, as government under pressure to ban live exports

Transporting live cattle, pigs and chickens risks spreading resistance to antibiotics, experts have warned.

And human diseases can become harder to treat when the drugs are undermined, according to a scientific report.

The UK government is facing pressure to honour a promise in its 2019 election manifesto to ban live exports. The measure was included in the Kept Animals Bill, which has been on hold – and Liz Truss reportedly had planned to ditch it altogether.