Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, DC National Geographic Partners, LLC 2017Description: 400 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 978142621761
- 636.50895329 MCK-B .PS (AH)
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Book | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | 636.50895329 MCK-B .PS (AH) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | DCB3219 |
pt. 1. How chicken became essential. 1. Illness, and a bad year ; 2. Better living through chemistry ; 3. Meat for the price of bread ; 4. Resistance begins ; 5. Proving the problem -- pt. 2. How chicken became dangerous. 6. Epidemics as evidence ; 7. The triumph of the hybrids ; 8. The cost of contamination ; 9. The unpredicted danger -- pt. 3. How chicken changed. 10. The value of small ; 11. Choosing cooperation ; 12. The view from the barn ; 13. The market speaks ; 14. The past creates the future -- Epilogue.
"In this eye-opening exposé, acclaimed health journalist and National Geographic contributer Maryn McKenna documents how antibiotics transformed chicken from local delicacy to industrial commodity ; and human health threat ; uncovering the ways we can make America's favorite meat safer again." ; Amazon.com.
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