Delia Grace on why keeping more animals brings more health risks to human populations

Increasing numbers of domestic livestock and more resource-intensive production methods are encouraging animal epidemics around the world, a problem that is particularly acute in developing countries, where livestock diseases present a growing threat to the food security of already vulnerable popula...

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Main Author: International Livestock Research Institute
Format: Audio
Language:Inglés
Published: International Livestock Research Institute 2011
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/3284
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Summary:Increasing numbers of domestic livestock and more resource-intensive production methods are encouraging animal epidemics around the world, a problem that is particularly acute in developing countries, where livestock diseases present a growing threat to the food security of already vulnerable populations. Delia Grace, a scientist with the International Livestock Research Institute, was interviewed by the BBC's Farming Today program.