AGNR 301 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Antimicrobial Resistance, Sustainable Agriculture, Virginiamycin
4 Dec 2017
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Food and fiber ecology: agricultural sustainability-concepts principles and evidence skimmed, reproductive health and the industrialized food system. How and what food is produced affects nutrition and the environment: sustainable farming in action. In costa rica, sustainable farming for bananas by earth university: dry rice agriculture in maryland. New methods for growing ry rice can produce higher yields between 20-100% higher than conventional) and use 50% less water and 90% less seed. Reduces methane gases that contribute to global warming, reduces levels of inorganic arsenic: whistleblower filing says usda penalized scientist for findings on bees and pesticides, 2005 antibiotic growth promoters in agriculture: history and modes of action. One of the first reports of resistance in animals was made by starr and reynolds in 1951 after experimental feeding of streptomycin in turkeys. Pathogenic bacteria resistant to a number of antimicrobial agents emerged worldwide in 1980s.
