The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks

National Research Council, and Committee on Drug Use in Food Animals, and Panel on Animal Health Food Safety and Public Health

ISBN 10: 0309054346 / ISBN 13: 9780309054348

Published by National Academies Press, Washington, DC, 1999

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Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 276 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. HC 259.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks
• Publisher: National Academies Press, Washington, DC
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309054346
• ISBN 13: 9780309054348
• Binding: Hard cover
• Condition: Fine.

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Committee on Drug Use in Food Animals, Panel on Animal Health, Food Safety, and Public Health, National Research Council