A Brief Note On Foot And Mouth Disease

The meat could be getting a disease anywhere from the time they leave the barn to the time they hit the consumers plate. (Hedges) When the cattle leave the barn they go to a huge packing plant which has cattle from hundreds of different lots and the cattle get handled by multiple people. They could be getting a disease from one of the other bunches of cattle that came in from a different state or could be coming from the people that are cutting the meat and processing it. After the meat leaves the processing plant it could also be getting a disease in the grocery store if it is not stored properly or even from the consumers kitchen if they do not prepare it on a clean surface or cook it to a proper

Food borne illness is a big issue in the United States. Each year up to 5,000 people die from foodborne illness… something that plays a role in foodborne illness is boxing labels such as expiration dates. Another thing that is another big part in foodborne illness is the way it processed or cooked. When the government monitors food safety, there are fewer foodborne illnesses that make people sick.

Hemorrhagic Disease of White-Tailed Deer is a phrase that describes an infection of either Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) and/or Blue Tongue Disease (BT). These two diseases are clinically and molecularly very similar. Since the symptoms of both diseases are indistinguishable molecular testing is needed to specifically identify these viruses. Both viruses are spread by biting midges in the Culcoides genus which is found in a majority of the US. Historically, there have been large outbreaks in the US and all over the world which has lead to economic losses of various degrees. With current expansion of these diseases vector, a lack of monitoring, and gap of knowledge about these diseases it is only a matter of time before a catastrophic

How livestock was mostly a good thing but it is the cause of a lot of diseases

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a mild, contagious viral infection common in young children. It is characterized by sores in the mouth and a rash on the hands and feet. Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is most commonly caused by the virus, coxsackievirus.

In a typical factory farm, there can be up to 125,000 chickens raised for meat, 82,000 chickens raised for eggs, 10,000 pigs and 1,000 cattle per farm (Murphy). These large numbers, in small living conditions are a breeding ground for disease. The close contact one with another makes it virtually impossible to stop an epidemic once it has started. When infected animals are ingested, we in turn can get sick. Scientists believe that about 1,400 known pathogens originated from animals. Examples of these origins are tuberculosis and the cold from cows and influenza from ducks. Dr. Michael Greger, author of “Bird Flu: A Virus of Our Own Hatching” and professional speaker on public health topics wrote, “In recent decades, previously unknown diseases

In 1853, lungsickness arrived though accidently imported cattle into the Cape Colony. A debate spread about how to treat it, and because of the lack of veterinary services, it was confirmed that a medical profession should come to treat it. Looking into diseases and wild animals on a closer level, chapter five discusses bacteria. Friedrich Loeffler isolated a bacteria from diseased mice and concluded it was not possible to infect other animals of other species. Additionally, in the past 50 years, governments have made it a priority to control the populations of wild animals, as many of these animals hold diseases that cause health problems. Moving on, the next chapter explains a report from The Pasteur’s Institute in Riga that focuses on the interpretation of data on rabies epidemiology and post exposure vacation, its modification, results, and scientific work. In addition, it talks about the importance of vaccinations. On rabies, it talks about statistics associated with it as well. After diseases became apparent, public health became a priority. Because of the meat scares, a larger importance was placed on the cattle and meat inspection. Veterinarians stepped in at this point, and were asked by farmers to look at the animals and try to reduce diseases in attempt to improve food

Chronic waste disease is Starting to become a very big problem in minnesota with deer. chronic waste disease Is a serious virus because it can kill humans if we eat an infected deer. chronic waste disease Spreads fast because the deer get very sick and will get very hot and they go to water to try and cool off and that's where most of them die and then the water get contaminated and it will spread to other deer and animals. The infected deer can sometimes be hard to diagnose the deer because they don't always show symptoms right away. But it just doesn't affect deer hunters it also affects hunters that hunt anything that would eat a deer. chronic waste disease can also kill any pets like dogs, cats, or foxes because they would eat a deer that

Neonatal calf diarrhea remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in young calves that causes substantial economic losses (Constable, 2004). Diarrhea in neonatal calves is a syndrome of great etiological complexity, in addition to the influence of various environmental, managemental, nutritional and physiological factors, numerous infectious agents are capable of causing neonatal calf diarrhea (Schumann et al., 1990). Multiple enteric pathogens have been recovered from diarrheic calves, their relative prevalence varies geographically but Escherichia coli, Rotavirus, and Coronavirus, C. perfringens, Salmonella spp. and Cryptosporidium spp. are recognized as the most common infectious agents in most areas (Garcia et al., 2000; Snodgrass et al., 1986).

Scours in newborn calves that causes diarrhea is an infection cause by several types of bacteria, and viruses that is easily spread through fecal matter, or may be in the environment. Due to weak immune system of newborns they’re more likely to catch a disease because they have not built up an immunity to their environment yet. For newborns this disease can be fatal if severe enough, and left untreated; however, there are preventive measures. Ways of preventing scours in dairy calves include: separate enclosures, commercial colostrum, and cleaning/environmental strategies.

One of the key tenets used by terrorist groups to degrade the U.S. is to cause harm to our economy so we are unable to project any military power (Olson, 2012, p 3). Use of relatively small investments from terror organizations yields a significant return. As Bin Laden stated and was referenced by Olson (2012), each dollar Al-Qaeda spent on the 9/11 attacks defeated 1 million dollars in America (3). Introduction of foot and mouth disease into American livestock would likely yield similar economic return to the terror organization as the cost and necessary training to conduct the attack are near zero while harm to the agricultural industry and thus domestic GDP would prove significant. According to some analysis, countries such as America that have an outbreak of foot and mouth disease may lose between .3% and .6% of their gross domestic product (Rushton, et al., 2012, p 18). Assuming a 17 trillion dollar GDP and a .3% loss, this constitutes a loss of 51 billion dollars for an investment of nothing more than a rag contaminated with infected animal

This kind of infection is usually caused by an animal bite. It can also occur after an animal licks a person's skin that is damaged by a cut or scratch. Cats, dogs, poultry (chicken, turkey), and livestock (cow, horse, sheep) can all carry the bacteria. Sometimes, the cause is not known.

Farm animals, such as chickens, cows, sheep, goats and pigs can pass diseases to the human population. Unlike house pets, farm animals do not have places to rest or eat that are away from where they pass feces, which causes diseases to develop and spread. When animal diseases develop, in addition to panic amongst the human population, often times the result is food shortages and price increases at grocery stores. Now, imagine a world where farm animal diseases are nonexistent. Dialogues about diseases such asmastitis (painful infection of the udder in dairy cows), bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease), Escherichia coli (E.coli), Avian Flu (Bird Flu) and Salmonella will be topics about the past. According to researchers, gene

Water carries many of the organisms that produce disease and occur in two classes; those readily

“In the United States of America, for example, around 76 million cases of food-borne diseases, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths, are estimated to occur each year.”