Tomley Fiona M, Shirley Martin W
Compton Laboratory, Institute for Animal Health, Newbury, Berkshire RG20 7NN, UK.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2009 Sep 27;364(1530):2637-42. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0133.
Infectious diseases of livestock are a major threat to global animal health and welfare and their effective control is crucial for agronomic health, for safeguarding and securing national and international food supplies and for alleviating rural poverty in developing countries. Some devastating livestock diseases are endemic in many parts of the world and threats from old and new pathogens continue to emerge, with changes to global climate, agricultural practices and demography presenting conditions that are especially favourable for the spread of arthropod-borne diseases into new geographical areas. Zoonotic infections that are transmissible either directly or indirectly between animals and humans are on the increase and pose significant additional threats to human health and the current pandemic status of new influenza A (H1N1) is a topical example of the challenge presented by zoonotic viruses. In this article, we provide a brief overview of some of the issues relating to infectious diseases of livestock, which will be discussed in more detail in the papers that follow.
家畜传染病对全球动物健康和福利构成重大威胁，有效控制家畜传染病对于农业健康、保障国内外粮食供应以及减轻发展中国家农村贫困至关重要。一些具有毁灭性的家畜疾病在世界许多地区呈地方流行性，随着全球气候、农业 practices 和人口结构的变化，新老病原体带来的威胁不断涌现，这些变化为节肢动物传播疾病扩散到新的地理区域创造了特别有利的条件。动物与人类之间直接或间接传播的人畜共患感染不断增加，对人类健康构成重大额外威胁，新型甲型 H1N1 流感目前的大流行态势就是人畜共患病毒带来挑战的一个典型例子。在本文中，我们简要概述了一些与家畜传染病相关的问题，后续论文将对此进行更详细的讨论。
