Factory Farms are a Public Health Concern
The Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has issued a report
highlighting the potential threats livestock concentration may pose
to public health due to the risk of disease transmission from
animals to humans.
The report emphasizes the global
concern of the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus of avian influenza as
well as the "silent" circulation of influenza "A" viruses (I.A.V.s)
in poultry and swine. The FAOs recommendations to meat producers are
the application of biosecurity measures and that production sites
should not be built close to human settlements or wild bird
populations, among others.
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FAO says livestock concentration a public concern
While meat producers try to
increase their profit and decrease their costs in order to meet the
demand for meat products, farmed animals suffer unimaginable pain
and terror, and new diseases arise that pose danger to God’s animals
and humanity. A plant-based diet is a compassionate choice that
helps decrease the number of animals raised for food and therefore
the likelihood of disease transmittal between farmed animals and
humans.