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. This book is based on reports commissioned by the Panel on Animal Health, Food Safety and Public Health (a joint activity of the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine). It provides an overview of why and how drugs are used in the major food-producing animal industries - poultry, dairy, beef, swine, and aquaculture. The book 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.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Wallingford
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
ISBN-13
978-0-85199-371-3 (9780851993713)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
1: Drugs Used in Food Animals: Background and Perspectives 2: Food-Animal Production Practices and Drug Use 3: Benefits and Risks to Human Health 4: Drug Development, Governmental Approval, and the Regulatory Process 5: Drug Residues and Microbial Contamination in Food: Monitoring and Enforcement 6: Issues Specific to Antibiotics 7: Costs of Eliminating Subtherapeutic Use of Antibiotics 8: Costs of Eliminating Subtherapeutic Use of Antibiotics 9: Approaches to Minimizing Antibiotic Use in Food-Animal Production 10: Orders from customers in North and Central America should be directed to National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, Washington DC 20418, USA
