Stopping mpox: wild meat markets are a root cause and must be made safer
In many countries around the world, wild animals are sometimes killed for food, including monkeys, rats and squirrels. Wild meat makes significant contributions to nutrition in Africa and to satisfying food preferences in Asia. In Africa, the annual harvest of wild meat, estimated at between 1 mil...
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The Conversation
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| author | Lam, Steven Grace, Delia |
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| description | In many countries around the world, wild animals are sometimes killed for food, including monkeys, rats and squirrels.
Wild meat makes significant contributions to nutrition in Africa and to satisfying food preferences in Asia.
In Africa, the annual harvest of wild meat, estimated at between 1 million and 5 million metric tonnes, is substantial compared to the continent’s livestock production of about 14 million metric tonnes per year.
Public health researchers have long highlighted unhygienic wild meat practices as potentially harmful due to the risk of pathogens jumping from animals to humans, especially through close contact during hunting, processing or consuming undercooked meat. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1593902025-12-08T10:29:22Z Stopping mpox: wild meat markets are a root cause and must be made safer Lam, Steven Grace, Delia bushmeat food safety markets mpox one health approach zoonoses In many countries around the world, wild animals are sometimes killed for food, including monkeys, rats and squirrels. Wild meat makes significant contributions to nutrition in Africa and to satisfying food preferences in Asia. In Africa, the annual harvest of wild meat, estimated at between 1 million and 5 million metric tonnes, is substantial compared to the continent’s livestock production of about 14 million metric tonnes per year. Public health researchers have long highlighted unhygienic wild meat practices as potentially harmful due to the risk of pathogens jumping from animals to humans, especially through close contact during hunting, processing or consuming undercooked meat. 2024-11-05 2024-11-07T14:40:57Z 2024-11-07T14:40:57Z Blog Post https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159390 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155389 Open Access The Conversation Lam, S. and Grace, D. 2024. Stopping mpox: wild meat markets are a root cause and must be made safer. The Conversation. |
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