Reviews of “The Chickens Fight Back”
 The Chickens Fight Back“After traveling the world to investigate zoonoses… [Waltner-Toews] now shares a most timely and fascinating collection of findings with readers. Waltner-Toews’s approach differs from the sensationalism with which the topic is addressed in the popular media. …his book’s… purpose is to dispel panic and educate us into action.” Alive Magazine, Nov 1, 2007 Read more about The Chickens Fight Back >> |
The Chickens Fight Back“Waltner-Toews… brings a personal touch to discussing his work around the world as a long-time veterinary epidemiologist. …[He] hopes the book will arm readers with information and questions about the health effects of everything from factory farming to filling in a wetland for a housing development.” Island Farmer, Sep 12, 2007 Read more about The Chickens Fight Back >> |
The Chickens Fight Back“Timely, up-to-date, authoritative and often hilarious, The Chickens Fight Back expertly guides us through pandemics, epidemics and disease of every feather and presents a thoughtful analysis of how to deal with them.” Prince Albert Daily Herald, Saskatchewan, Sep 8, 2007 Read more about The Chickens Fight Back >> |
The Chickens Fight Back"…His new deeply insightful book, The Chickens Fight Back… is a page-turner presented with irreverent humour and many hair-raising anecdotes from his own world-wide research into disease ecology. He shows how the past constantly complicates current public and individual health… Dr. Waltner-Toews’ discussion of current politics of disease-control and how economic priorities feed epidemics is truly a revelation." Vitality Magazine, Sep 1, 2007 Read more about The Chickens Fight Back >> |
The Chickens Fight Back“If you have any interest at all in epidemiology, modern medicine, or the survival of the human race, do read Ontario veterinarian and University of Guelph professor David Waltner-Toews’s The Chickens Fight Back. …Even hypochondriacs can take hope from Waltner-Toews’s level-headed opinions.” Georgia Straight, Jun 14, 2007 Read more about The Chickens Fight Back >> |
The Chickens Fight Back“There is not enough vaccine to inoculate us all against bird flu… [however The Chickens Fight Back] may just be a vaccination against fear and ignorance. In plain (and occasionally saucy, funny, and contrarian) language, Waltner-Toews explains how humans throughout history have picked up diseases from animals ranging from fleas and ticks to cats, dogs, rats, pigs, mice, chickens, and cattle. …This book is a quiet little gem of understanding in a cacophony of panic and fear.” Quill & Quire, *** Starred Review ***, Apr 1, 2007 Read more about The Chickens Fight Back >> |
The Chickens Fight Back“David Waltner-Toews is a rare flower, a poet, philosopher and scientist with ancient Scheherazade’s talents at storytelling and a scholar’s knowledge of myth and history . . . How wonderful to be entertained by literature like this while being educated on a critical issue at the same time.” Globe and Mail, Feb 1, 2007 Read more about The Chickens Fight Back >> |