作者: Michael H. Woodford
DOI: 10.1007/S11250-008-9269-4
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摘要: Proliferation of disease pathogens capable affecting humans, domestic livestock and wildlife increasingly threatens environmental security biodiversity. Livestock wild animals in proximity to human beings are often the chain transmission infection. Globalization industrial production (especially poultry upon which so much burgeoning population depends) permits transcontinental spread. Rapidly expanding (and illegal) international trade their products involved emergence new diseases that may have ability transmit among wildlife. increasing urbanization has led many places overcrowded townships rely on “bushmeat” for sustenance contributed virulent zoonotic pathogens. The proliferation exacerbated by anthropogenic transformation natural landscapes order increase agricultural production. This paper posits data gathered veterinary ecologists should be interpreted used other disciplines. importance a thorough knowledge “natural history” (ecology) agent its human, hosts is stressed.