date:Apr 27, 2012
inked to the crowded and unsanitary conditions that many animals are raised in, and the spread of animal viruses to humans.Intensive livestock operations (ILOs) facilitate large-scale viral incubation and genetic reassortment that may lead to new varieties of influenza and initiate human flu pandemics,one of the authors said.
Environmental concerns
The report also stressed the risk presented by the over-application of non-treated livestock waste as fertiliser, which it blamed for the death of se