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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456096603321

Titolo

The use of drugs in food animals [[electronic resource] ] : benefits and risks / / Committee on Drug Use in Food Animals, Panel on Animal Health, Food Safety, and Public Health, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999

ISBN

0-309-52536-5

0-585-03810-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Disciplina

363.19/2

Soggetti

Veterinary drugs

Antibiotics in veterinary medicine

Food animals - Diseases - Chemotherapy

Veterinary drug residues

Food of animal origin - Contamination

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-234) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Tables and Figures""; ""Executive Summary""; ""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, Government 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 Approaches to Minimizing Antibiotic Use in Food-Animal Production""""References""; ""About the Authors""; ""Index""