Livestock infectious diseases and zoonoses.
Infectious diseases of livestock are a major threat to global animal health and welfare and their effective control is crucial for agronomic health, for safeguarding and securing national and international food supplies and for alleviating rural poverty in developing countries. Some devastating livestock diseases are endemic in many parts of the world and threats from old and new pathogens continue to emerge, with changes to global climate, agricultural practices and demography presenting conditions that are especially favourable for the spread of arthropod-borne diseases into new geographical areas. Zoonotic infections that are transmissible either directly or indirectly between animals and humans are on the increase and pose significant additional threats to human health and the current pandemic status of new influenza A (H1N1) is a topical example of the challenge presented by zoonotic viruses. In this article, we provide a brief overview of some of the issues relating to infectious diseases of livestock, which will be discussed in more detail in the papers that follow.
Tomley
Fiona M
FM
Compton Laboratory, Institute for Animal Health, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 7NN, UK. fiona.tomley@bbsrc.ac.uk
Shirley
Martin W
MW
D000820:Animal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D003906:Developing Countries; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology; D015047:Zoonoses / Q000453:epidemiology*
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