although the most important body in matters of health is the who, within the UN exists an equivalent Department for animal health, the OIE, which has been the first to give the voice of alterta: is increasing the incidence of animal diseases. And remember that animal diseases are the source of 60% of human diseases. diseases whose prevalence has increased are Bluetongue disease, West Nile virus and Rift Valley fever. Sources of the OIE on the other hand insist that is hardly reconcilable global warming and animal health. Well known is the example of New Zealand, where livestock producers look with concern at their ruminants, main products of GHG greenhouse (methane) of the country, and is not joke.
Should not be forgotten that the current industrial livestock greatly favours the transmission of these pandemics, compared to traditional agriculture. The use of antibiotics in food that create resistance, the crowded that allows transmission of animal in animal high speed as well as the loss of genetic diversity, always extremely useful in dealing with new diseases.
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