How much of the world's antibiotics go to farmed animals?

Roughly two-thirds of global antimicrobial use is in livestock, much of it for growth promotion or routine disease prevention rather than treating sick individuals.

Does factory farming increase pandemic risk?

Dense, genetically uniform populations of animals in close contact with humans provide efficient conditions for viral amplification and reassortment, which is why epidemiologists treat intensive poultry and pig systems as a priority risk.

Animals

Zoonotic disease, antibiotics and pandemic risk

Antimicrobial resistance, avian influenza in poultry and dairy herds, swine flu reassortment, and the surveillance gaps in dense animal populations.

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Bio-industrie Voeding & Gezondheid Klimaat

Vrouw onderzoekt 'eco-vriendelijk' kledinglabel, symbool voor greenwashing in de mode-industrie

Voeding & Gezondheid

Het groene wassen van kledinggiganten: Een historische tijdlijn van misleiding

Ontdek hoe 'greenwashing' zich heeft ontwikkeld binnen de kledingindustrie en welke tactieken bedrijven gebruiken om consumenten te misleiden over duurzaamheid, een probleem dat diepgaande historische wortels heeft.

Dr. Eva Vermeer · 5 min · 1,154 words

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How much of the world's antibiotics go to farmed animals?: Roughly two-thirds of global antimicrobial use is in livestock, much of it for growth promotion or routine disease prevention rather than treating sick individuals.
Does factory farming increase pandemic risk?: Dense, genetically uniform populations of animals in close contact with humans provide efficient conditions for viral amplification and reassortment, which is why epidemiologists treat intensive poultry and pig systems as a priority risk.