1. 05/04/07 Current Topics in Poultry Welfare G. F. Barbato Department of Poultry Science InterCollege Graduate Program in Genetics The Pennsylvania State University
16. What is the social context? Negative beliefs about eating meat amongst vegetarians (listed according to order of importance) Eating Beef • Involves animal cruelty • Means eating hormones • Increases cholesterol levels • Risk of food poisoning • Means eating additives Eating Chicken • Involves animal cruelty • Means eating hormones • Risk of food poisoning • Means eating antibiotics • Means eating additives
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19. Economic Reality – Meat 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1990 2000 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 AGE TO 3.5 LB. PER CAPITA (lbs) Y E A R P E R C A P I T A C O N S U M P T I O N ( l b s ) (PROJECTION) A G E ( d a y s )