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The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks
Contributor(s): National Research Council (Author), Institute of Medicine (Author), Food and Nutrition Board (Author)
ISBN: 0309054346     ISBN-13: 9780309054348
Publisher: National Academies Press
OUR PRICE:   $56.95  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: February 1999
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Annotation: The book overviews why and how drugs are used in food-producing industries--poultry, dairy, beef, swine, and aquaculture; discusses the prevalence of human pathogens in foods of animal origin; and addresses the transfer of resistance in animal microbes to human pathogens and the resulting risk of human disease.
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BISAC Categories:
- Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - General
- Medical | Pharmacology
- Medical | Public Health
Dewey: 363.192
LCCN: 98-58111
Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.33" W x 9.33" (1.30 lbs) 276 pages
 
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The use of drugs in food animal production has resulted in benefits throughout the food industry; however, their use has also raised public health safety concerns.

The Use of Drugs in Food Animals 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.

The committee offers analysis and insight into these areas:

  • Monitoring of drug residues. The book provides a brief overview of how the FDA and USDA monitor drug residues in foods of animal origin and describes quality assurance programs initiated by the poultry, dairy, beef, and swine industries.
  • Antibiotic resistance. The committee reports what is known about this controversial problem and its potential effect on human health.

The volume also looks at how drug use may be minimized with new approaches in genetics, nutrition, and animal management.