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Increased livestock generates new disease: study
Reuters 11/02/2011 12:38 Updated: 02/11/2011 13:50
The livestock population growth leads to the emergence of new animal epidemics worldwide and poses serious problems for developing countries that threaten food security, according to a report released Friday.
Epidemics in recent years, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS, in English) and swine influenza H1N1, causing economic losses of billions of dollars.
About 700 million people have farm animals in developing countries and these animals generate up to 40 percent of household income, said the report by the International Research Institute for Livestock.
"Rich countries are effectively addressing animal diseases, but in Africa and Asia, the capacity of veterinary services for tracking and controlling outbreaks is dangerously behind the intensification of cattle," said John McDermott and Grace Delia based institute in Nairobi, in a statement on the report.
"This lack of capacity is particularly dangerous because many of the world's poor still rely on farm animals to feed their families, while increasing demand for meat, milk and eggs among urban consumers in the developing world, rapid intensification feeds livestock production, "he added.
75 percent of emerging infectious diseases originating in animals, they added. Of those, 61 percent can be transmitted between animals and humans.
"Every four months a new disease emerges. Many are trivial, but HIV, SARS and bird flu (such as H5N1) illustrate the enormous potential impact," wrote McDermott and Grace in the report.
Epidemics such as SARS in 2003, sporadic outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu since 1997 and the pandemic of swine flu H1N1 in 2009 involved heavy economic costs worldwide.
While the SARS cost between U.S. $ 50,000 million and 100,000 million, the report cited a World Bank estimate in 2010 that said the potential cost of a bird flu pandemic could reach $ 3 trillion.
The report warned that rapid urbanization and climate change as unpredictable factors could act by altering the present distribution of diseases, sometimes "dramatically worse."
The two researchers urged the developing countries to improve surveillance of animal diseases and accelerate the testing procedures to contain livestock epidemics before they spread.
Spanish to Eng. translation
Increased livestock generates new disease: study
Reuters 11/02/2011 12:38 Updated: 02/11/2011 13:50
The livestock population growth leads to the emergence of new animal epidemics worldwide and poses serious problems for developing countries that threaten food security, according to a report released Friday.
Epidemics in recent years, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS, in English) and swine influenza H1N1, causing economic losses of billions of dollars.
About 700 million people have farm animals in developing countries and these animals generate up to 40 percent of household income, said the report by the International Research Institute for Livestock.
"Rich countries are effectively addressing animal diseases, but in Africa and Asia, the capacity of veterinary services for tracking and controlling outbreaks is dangerously behind the intensification of cattle," said John McDermott and Grace Delia based institute in Nairobi, in a statement on the report.
"This lack of capacity is particularly dangerous because many of the world's poor still rely on farm animals to feed their families, while increasing demand for meat, milk and eggs among urban consumers in the developing world, rapid intensification feeds livestock production, "he added.
75 percent of emerging infectious diseases originating in animals, they added. Of those, 61 percent can be transmitted between animals and humans.
"Every four months a new disease emerges. Many are trivial, but HIV, SARS and bird flu (such as H5N1) illustrate the enormous potential impact," wrote McDermott and Grace in the report.
Epidemics such as SARS in 2003, sporadic outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu since 1997 and the pandemic of swine flu H1N1 in 2009 involved heavy economic costs worldwide.
While the SARS cost between U.S. $ 50,000 million and 100,000 million, the report cited a World Bank estimate in 2010 that said the potential cost of a bird flu pandemic could reach $ 3 trillion.
The report warned that rapid urbanization and climate change as unpredictable factors could act by altering the present distribution of diseases, sometimes "dramatically worse."
The two researchers urged the developing countries to improve surveillance of animal diseases and accelerate the testing procedures to contain livestock epidemics before they spread.