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Article: Poultry Industry's Antidote for Bird Flu
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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CopyrightCopyright Society for Advancement of Education Jan 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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To many agricultural purists, corporate control of food production is for the birds. The business model, however, could be a key component in preventing an outbreak of avian influenza within the U.S., contend two poultry experts based at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
Because nearly all commercial poultry production in the U.S. is company-managed-a system known as vertical integration-processes are safer and more efficient, stresses Todd Applegate, Purdue Extension poultry specialist. Such production practices are not as common in Asia and other nations where bird flu is a problem, adds Paul Brennan, executive vice president of the Indiana State Poultry Association.
"The poultry ...