The Dark Side of the Chicken Counter: A Global Health Crisis Unfolds Industrial chicken farming has contributed significantly to the spread of diarrhoea bacteria, a problem that has been hidden in plain sight by the convenience and affordability of cheap meat.
According to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the global chicken population's rapid growth is creating conditions for the evolution of superbugs.
The research analyzed nearly 2,800 bacterial genomes collected from chickens and wild birds across 30 countries between 1979 and 2024.