Big chicken : the incredible story of how antibiotics created modern agriculture and changed the way the world eats

Author/Creator:: McKenna, Maryn, author
Publication/Creation:: Washington, DC : National Geographic Partners, LLC, [2017]
Format:: Book

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Full Title:: Big chicken : the incredible story of how antibiotics created modern agriculture and changed the way the world eats / Maryn McKenna

Related/Included Titles:: How chicken became essential --
Illness, and a bad year --
Better living through chemistry --
Meat for the price of bread --
Resistance begins --
Proving the problem --
How chicken became dangerous --
Epidemics as evidence --
The triumph of the hybrids --
The cost of contamination --
The unpredicted danger --
How chicken changed --
The value of small --
Choosing cooperation --
The view from the barn --
The market speaks --
The past creates the future -- Epilogue.

Subjects:: Antibiotics in animal nutrition
Drug resistance in microorganisms
Chickens--Microbiology
Poultry--Marketing
Chickens--Marketing
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Foodborne Dieseases
Agriculture

Table of Contents:: Part 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 -- Part 2. How chicken became dangerous -- 6. Epidemics as evidence -- 7. The triumph of the hybrids -- 8. The cost of contamination -- 9. The unpredicted danger -- Part 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.
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-389) and index.
Summary:: "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.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 400 pages ; 24 cm