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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKenna, Maryn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antibiotics in animal nutrition.

Drug resistance in microorganisms.

Chickens--Microbiology.

Chickens.

Poultry--Marketing.

Poultry.

Chickens--Marketing.

Microbiology.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy).

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science.

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Virology.

Local Subjects:

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food (see also POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy).

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Food Science.

SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Virology.

Physical Description:

400 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Geographic Partners, LLC, [2017]

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.

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 containment

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-389) and index.

ISBN:

9781426217661

1426217668

OCLC:

978252091