scholarly journals Food and feed, mycotoxins and the perpetual pentagram in a changing animal production environment

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wayne L. Bryden
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
World Food ◽  
Production Environment ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
Food And Feed ◽  
Fungal Secondary Metabolites

G. L. McClymont developed a unique paradigm in which to consider the challenges that confront agriculture and it is based on an understanding of the interrelationships of plants, animals, soils and water within an economic and social framework. The major changes in our environment are the consequence of rapid population growth and the need to increase world food supplies. Within this context, this paper provides an overview of the link between agriculture, especially animal production and population health and how mycotoxins, fungal secondary metabolites, can perturb this link. Examples from New Zealand and Australian animal agriculture are described. The underlying premise of this paper is that agriculture is a major determinant of human health through the supply of food derived from both plant and animal sources. In other words, nutrition is the conduit between agriculture and human health. Against this backdrop the potential role of mycotoxins in determining food and feed supplies is discussed. Globally, mycotoxins have significant human and animal health, economic and international trade implications.

scholarly journals Influence of microbiota on immunity and immunotherapy for gastric and esophageal cancers

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-214
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Zhang ◽  
Zui Pan
Keyword(s):  
Gut Microbiota ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Systemic Immunity ◽  
Esophageal Cancers ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Gastric and esophageal cancers are multifactorial and multistage-involved malignancy. While the impact of gut microbiota on overall human health and diseases has been well documented, the influence of gastric and esophageal microbiota on gastric and esophageal cancers remains unclear. This review will discuss the reported alteration in the composition of gastric and esophageal microbiota in normal and disease conditions, and the potential role of dysbiosis in carcinogenesis and tumorigenesis. This review will also discuss how dysbiosis stimulates local and systemic immunity, which may impact on the immunotherapy for cancer.

scholarly journals Benefits of a grape-rich diet on human health: a nutrigenomics study underlining the potential role of non-coding RNAs

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (A) ◽  
pp. e989
Author(s):  
Rosa Anna Milella ◽  
Marica Gasparro ◽  
Fiammetta Alagna ◽  
Maria Francesca Cardone ◽  
Silvia Rotunno ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Non Coding Rnas

scholarly journals Modelling plant health for policy

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 473-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glyn Jones ◽  
Adam Kleczkowski
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Open Systems ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Plant Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Future Developments ◽  
Systems Modelling

Plant health is relatively poorly funded compared with animal and human health issues. However, we contend it is at least as complex and likely more so given the number of pests and hosts and that outbreaks occur in poorly monitored open systems. Modelling is often suggested as a method to better consider the threats to plant health to aid resource and time poor decision makers in their prioritisation of responses. However, like other areas of science, the modelling community has not always provided accessible and relevant solutions. We describe some potential solutions to developing plant health models in conjunction with decision makers based upon a recent example and illustrate how an increased emphasis on plant health is slowly expanding the potential role of modelling in decision making. We place the research in the Credibility, Relevance and Legitimacy (CRELE) framework and discuss the implications for future developments in co-construction of policy-linked models.

The potential role of public aquaria in human health and wellbeing.

2018 ◽  
pp. 178-189
Author(s):  
D. L. Cracknell ◽  
S. Pahl ◽  
M. P. White ◽  
M. H. Depledge
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Health And Wellbeing

Causation of Kwashiorkor: Toward a Multifactorial Consensus

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-113
Author(s):  
DERRICK B. JELLIFFE ◽  
E. F. PATRICE JELLIFFE
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Health Hazards ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Human Pathology ◽  
Pioneer Research

The pioneer research and writings by Hendrickse on the human health hazards of aflatoxins, including their potential role in the etiology of kwashiorkor, are of great importance.1,2 They draw attention to at least some of the wealth of mycotoxicological information sometimes inadequately recognized by pediatricians and other health professionals. However, while acknowledging the significance of this underemphasized linkage and the need for much further communication between workers in the various highly complex fields involved, a different interpretation of the potential role of aflatoxins in the etiology of kwashiorkor needs consideration, based on present evidence. The converse is also true, as the focus of mycotoxicologists regarding human pathology seems mainly concerned with cancer of the liver.

Growth, Poverty, and Distribution in Ethiopia

2019 ◽  
pp. 351-365
Author(s):  
Abebe Shimeles
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Poverty Rate ◽  
Rapid Population Growth ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
Over Time

The Ethiopian economy has maintained a rate of growth in output per worker for twenty years, averaging 6 per cent in real terms. As a result, per capita GDP during this period has doubled, the poverty rate has declined, and productivity in agriculture has improved. However, the country still grapples with rising youth unemployment and widespread poverty mediated by rapid population growth. This chapter examines the interactions between growth, poverty, and inequality by examining features of the Ethiopian labour market. The dynamics of poverty are discussed from the perspective of stylized facts on its components, including the persistence of poverty over time and the role of initial conditions in facilitating or impeding poverty reduction. The chapter investigates the potential role of changes in the sectoral share of employment on poverty and inequality under various policy settings.

scholarly journals Alternatives to antibiotics: a symposium on the challenges and solutions for animal production

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce S. Seal ◽  
Hyun S. Lillehoj ◽  
David M. Donovan ◽  
Cyril G. Gay
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Immune Modulation ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Antibiotic Use ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Regulatory Pathways ◽  
Novel Technologies ◽  
Medical Interventions ◽  
Animal Diseases

AbstractAntibiotics are one of the most important medical discoveries of the 20th century and will remain an essential tool for treating animal and human diseases in the 21st century. However, antibiotic resistance among bacterial pathogens and concerns over their extensive use in food animals has garnered global interest in limiting antibiotic use in animal agriculture. Yet, limiting the availability of medical interventions to prevent and control animal diseases on the farm will directly impact global food security and safety as well as animal and human health. Insufficient attention has been given to the scientific breakthroughs and novel technologies that provide alternatives to antibiotics. The objectives of the symposium ‘Alternatives to Antibiotics’ were to highlight promising research results and novel technologies that could potentially lead to alternatives to conventional antibiotics, and assess challenges associated with their commercialization, and provide actionable strategies to support development of alternative antimicrobials. The symposium focused on the latest scientific breakthroughs and technologies that could provide new options and alternative strategies for preventing and treating diseases of animals. Some of these new technologies have direct applications as medical interventions for human health, but the focus of the symposium was animal production, animal health and food safety during food-animal production. Five subject areas were explored in detail through scientific presentations and expert panel discussions, including: (1) alternatives to antibiotics, lessons from nature; (2) immune modulation approaches to enhance disease resistance and to treat animal diseases; (3) gut microbiome and immune development, health and diseases; (4) alternatives to antibiotics for animal production; and (5) regulatory pathways to enable the licensure of alternatives to antibiotics.

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