Journal article
Epizootics in Industrial Livestock Production: Preventable Gaps in Biosecurity and Biocontainment
Zoonoses and public health, Vol.64(2), pp.137-145
03/01/2017
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12292
PMID: 27591817
Abstract
While technological advances in animal husbandry have facilitated increases in global meat production, the high density and geographic concentration of food animal production facilities pose risks of infectious disease transmission. The scale of the 2014-2015 highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N2 outbreak in the United States demonstrates the challenges in achieving pathogen control within and around industrial animal facilities using existing technologies. We discuss gaps in current practice in two specific systems within these facilities - ventilation and waste management - which are under-recognized as important drivers of microbial porosity. The development of innovative ventilation systems to reduce influx and efflux of pathogens is critically needed, and cross-sectoral partnerships should be incentivized to do so. Adapting current human biosolid treatment technologies for farm applications, reducing animal stocking density and shifting waste management responsibility from farmer to corporation would reduce risk from current manure management systems. While innovative approaches to functionally altering the industrial food animal production system remain important priorities to promote sustainability, our intention here is to identify gaps within the current system that allow for pathogen emergence and transmission and address specific areas in which technological, administrative or policy changes are necessary to mitigate these risks.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Epizootics in Industrial Livestock Production: Preventable Gaps in Biosecurity and Biocontainment
- Creators
- J. H. Leibler - Boston UniversityK. Dalton - Johns Hopkins UniversityA. Pekosz - Johns Hopkins UniversityG. C. Gray - Duke UniversityE. K. Silbergeld - Johns Hopkins University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Zoonoses and public health, Vol.64(2), pp.137-145
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/zph.12292
- PMID
- 27591817
- ISSN
- 1863-1959
- eISSN
- 1863-2378
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- U01FD004977 / FDA; United States Department of Health & Human Services; US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) via the [Johns Hopkins University] Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Occupational and Environmental Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984701831102771
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