Review-animal waste used as livestock feed: Dangers to human health

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5 I, 1997, Pages 599-602

  Haapapuro, Eric R ^a   Barnard, Neal D ^a,b   Simon, Michele ^a  

^a PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal waste; Feeds; Foodborne illness; Manure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CELL KILLING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH HAZARD; MANURE; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SALMONELLA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0030928678     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.1997.0220     Document Type: Article

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