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dc.contributor.authorLiverani, Marco
dc.contributor.authorWaage, Jeff
dc.contributor.authorBarnett, Tony
dc.contributor.authorPfeiffer, Dirk U.
dc.contributor.authorRushton, Jonathan
dc.contributor.authorRudge, James W.
dc.contributor.authorLoevinsohn, Michael E.
dc.contributor.authorScoones, Ian
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Richard D.
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Ben S.
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Lisa J.
dc.contributor.authorShan, Goh
dc.contributor.authorHorby, Peter
dc.contributor.authorWren, Brendan
dc.contributor.authorGundogdu, Ozan
dc.contributor.authorWoods, Abigail
dc.contributor.authorCoker, Richard J.
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-11T17:07:50Z
dc.date.available2014-04-11T17:07:50Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-01
dc.identifier.citationLiverani, Marco, et al. "Understanding and managing zoonotic risk in the new livestock industries." Environ Health Perspect 121.8 (2013): 873-877.en_GB
dc.identifier.issn0091-6765
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/3779
dc.description.abstractBackground: In many parts of the world, livestock production is undergoing a process of rapid intensification. The health implications of this development are uncertain. Intensification creates cheaper products, allowing more people to access animal-based foods. However, some practices associated with intensification may contribute to zoonotic disease emergence and spread: for example, the sustained use of antibiotics, concentration of animals in confined units, and long distances and frequent movement of livestock. Objectives: Here we present the diverse range of ecological, biological, and socioeconomic factors likely to enhance or reduce zoonotic risk, and identify ways in which a comprehensive risk analysis may be conducted by using an interdisciplinary approach. We also offer a conceptual framework to guide systematic research on this problem. Discussion: We recommend that interdisciplinary work on zoonotic risk should take into account the complexity of risk environments, rather than limiting studies to simple linear causal relations between risk drivers and disease emergence and/or spread. In addition, interdisciplinary integration is needed at different levels of analysis, from the study of risk environments to the identification of policy options for risk management. Conclusion: Given rapid changes in livestock production systems and their potential health implications at the local and global level, the problem we analyze here is of great importance for environmental health and development. Although we offer a systematic interdisciplinary approach to understand and address these implications, we recognize that further research is needed to clarify methodological and practical questions arising from the integration of the natural and social sciences.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipESRCen_GB
dc.language.isoen_USen_GB
dc.publisherNIEHS / Environmental Health Perspectivesen_GB
dc.rightsOpen Access publication reproduced with permission from Environmental Health Perspectives.en_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen_GB
dc.titleUnderstanding and managing zoonotic risk in the new livestock industriesen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.rights.holderEnvironmental Health Perspectivesen_GB
dc.identifier.externalurihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1206001en_GB
dc.identifier.teamKnowledge Technology and Societyen_GB


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