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Wait, How Many Chickens?

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Via National Geographic, graphics by Nigel Holmes.

 

For some reason the comparison really made apparent to me the immensity of the broiler industry – helped, undoubtedly, by the fact that chickens have much shorter growing cycles than other animals. Still, as this number will only get bigger if demand for meat increases in transition countries such as India and China, should we be concerned about health and safety concerns such as viruses that can easily spread from poultry to humans?


Filed under: Agriculture, Animal Welfare, Livestock Production

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