The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks - National Research Council - Books - National Academies Press - 9780309054348 - February 12, 1999
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The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks

National Research Council

The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks

Provides an overview of why and how drugs are used in the major food-producing animal industries. This 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.


276 pages, index

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released February 12, 1999
Original release date 1996
ISBN13 9780309054348
Publishers National Academies Press
Pages 276
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 23 mm   ·   589 g

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