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Protect wildlife from livestock diseases

Year: 2022

Type: editorial

Abstract: This summer, seabirds in Europe, North America, and Africa suffered unprecedented high mortality as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) swept through their breeding colonies. Given that the potential for HPAI-which originated in farmed poultry-to affect wild birds has been known for more than a decade, how were these continents caught off guard? Nations must assume responsibility for protecting wildlife from anthropogenic diseases, particularly those originating from ever-increasing livestock populations.

Source: Science

DOI: 10.1126/science.adf0956

Authors: Thijs Kuiken, Ruth Cromie

Institution: Erasmus MC

Language: English

Topic: Zoonotic diseases and public health

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4302425273

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