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

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

McKenna, Maryn (author.).

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.

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  • ISBN: 9781426217661
  • ISBN: 1426217668
  • Physical Description: print
    400 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2017]

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-389) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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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      Headquarters Library 		636.5 MCKENNA, MARYN ( Send Text)
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      Morrow Branch 		636.5 MCKENNA, MARYN ( Send Text)
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