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Every time a sick animal is given an antibiotic, a small but important battle takes place inside its body. Most of the time, the drug wins and the animal gets better. But sometimes a few tough germs survive the treatment. These survivors can multiply, pass their toughness on, and eventually give rise to bacteria that no medicine can easily kill. This problem is known as drug resistance, or more specifically antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and it is quietly becoming one of the biggest challenges in veterinary medicine today.