The use of drugs in food animals : benefits and risks /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.
Description:1 online resource (xxi, 253 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11100353
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Other authors / contributors:National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture. Panel on Animal Health, Food Safety, and Public Health. Committee on Drug Use in Food Animals.
ISBN:0585038104
9780585038100
9780309054348
0309054346
0309054346
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-234) and index.
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Summary:" ... Provides an overview of why and how drugs are used in the major food-producing animal industries--poultry, dairy, beef, swine, and aquaculture. The volume discusses the prevalence of human pathogens in foods of animal origin. It also addresses the transfer of resistance in animal microbes to human pathogens and the resulting risk of human disease."--Catalog description.
Other form:Print version: Use of drugs in food animals. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999 0309054346
Standard no.:9780585038100 (electronic bk.)