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An Hsi Report: Human Health Implications Of Intensive Poultry Production And Avian Influenza, Humane Society International
An Hsi Report: Human Health Implications Of Intensive Poultry Production And Avian Influenza, Humane Society International
HSI REPORTS
The high stocking density, stress, unhygienic conditions, lack of sunlight, and breeding practices typical of industrial poultry and egg production systems may facilitate the emergence and spread of diseases, including highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses with public health implications such as H5N1.
Farm Disease Crises In The United Kingdom: Lessons To Be Learned, Michael C. Appleby
Farm Disease Crises In The United Kingdom: Lessons To Be Learned, Michael C. Appleby
State of the Animals 2003
Over the last fifteen years, a diverse succession of disease-related crises has befallen farm animal and food industries in the United Kingdom. Some have involved animal health, with little risk to humans. Some have involved human health, with animals acting as a reservoir for infection but little affected themselves. Some, however— including the most alarming— have involved both animal and human health through zoonoses, diseases transmittable from animal to human. All of these crises are linked in the public mind and in many commentaries, and indeed there are issues that many of them share. The most common of these is …