Encapsulation and Controlled Release of Bacteriophages for Food Animal Production

2014 ◽  
pp. 237-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Wang ◽  
Parviz M. Sabour
Keyword(s):  
Controlled Release ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Food Animal

scholarly journals “Ag-Gag” Laws: Evolution, Resurgence, and Public Health Implications

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 664-682 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caitlin A. Ceryes ◽  
Christopher D. Heaney
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Health ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Public Access ◽  
State Laws ◽  
The Public ◽  
Food Animal ◽  
Health Community ◽  
History Of

The term “ag-gag” refers to state laws that intentionally limit public access to information about agricultural production practices, particularly livestock production. Originally created in the 1990s, these laws have recently experienced a resurgence in state legislatures. We discuss the recent history of ag-gag laws in the United States and question whether such ag-gag laws create a “chilling effect” on reporting and investigation of occupational health, community health, and food safety concerns related to industrial food animal production. We conclude with a discussion of the role of environmental and occupational health professionals to encourage critical evaluation of how ag-gag laws might influence the health, safety, and interests of day-to-day agricultural laborers and the public living proximal to industrial food animal production.

scholarly journals New Infectious Diseases and Industrial Food Animal Production

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. 1504-1504
Author(s):  
Sally J. Cutler ◽  
Anthony R. Fooks ◽  
Wim H.M. van der Poel
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Food Animal

scholarly journals Avian Scavengers as Bioindicators of Antibiotic Resistance Due to Livestock Farming Intensification

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (10) ◽  
pp. 3620
Author(s):  
Guillermo Blanco ◽  
Luis M. Bautista
Keyword(s):  
Bacterial Resistance ◽  
Animal Production ◽  
Commercial Application ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Antibiotic Residues ◽  
Farming Practices ◽  
Livestock Farming ◽  
Food Animal ◽  
Wintering Areas ◽  
Milvus Milvus

Industrial food animal production uses huge amounts of antibiotics worldwide. Livestock, their excreta used for manure and meat subproducts not intended for human consumption can all play important roles in the transmission of bacterial resistance to wildlife. Vultures and other scavengers can be directly exposed to active antibiotics ingested while feeding on livestock carcasses. This study evaluates whether bacterial resistance in the red kite (Milvus milvus) differs between two wintering areas selected based on patent differences in farming practices—particularly in the industrial production of food animals (primarily swine and poultry) vs. scarce and declining sheep herding. The results support the hypothesis that intensification in food animal production is associated with increased bacterial multidrug resistance in wildlife. Resistance was positively correlated with time elapsed since the beginning of the commercial application of each antibiotic in human and veterinary medicine, with clear differences depending on farming intensification between areas. Monitoring programs are encouraged to use red kites and other avian scavengers as valuable sentinels of contamination by antibiotics and clinically relevant resistant pathogens from livestock operations of variable intensities. Farms authorized for supplementary feeding of threatened scavengers should avoid supplying carcasses with active antibiotic residues to avoid bacterial resistance in scavenger wildlife.

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