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McKenna, Maryn author.
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Antibiotics in animal nutrition.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Chickens -- Microbiology.
Poultry -- Marketing.
Chickens -- Marketing.
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Big chicken : the in...
Big chicken : the incredible story of how antibiotics created modern agriculture and changed the way the world eats / Maryn McKenna.
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McKenna, Maryn author.
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Antibiotics in animal nutrition.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Chickens -- Microbiology.
Poultry -- Marketing.
Chickens -- Marketing.
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Washington, DC : National Geographic Partners, LLC, [2017]
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400 pages ; 24 cm
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unmediated
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9781426217661
1426217668
Contents:
Part 1. How chicken became essential -- Illness, and a bad year -- Better living through chemistry -- Meat for the price of bread -- Resistance begins -- Proving the problem -- Part 2. How chicken became dangerous -- Epidemics as evidence -- The triumph of the hybrids -- The cost of containment -- The unpredicted danger -- Part 3. How chicken changed -- The value of small -- Choosing cooperation -- The view from the barn -- The market speaks -- The past creates the future -- Epilogue.
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"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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