AR-News: (india) Factory Farming | The Contagion of Free Trade

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2004 12:00:38 AM ]

New diseases in animals are emerging and more virulent forms of old diseases 
are increasing. Epidemics are an intrinsic part of factory farming and 
industri 
al agriculture. 
  
In the UK , more than two million cattle were found to be infected with 
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) — mad cow disease. By August 2002, 133 
people had died from the Variant Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease (VCJD) — the human 
equivalent of BSE. 
  
In 2001, an epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease in the UK led to the slaughter 
of more than five million animals, costing the government two billion pounds 
in direct payment to farmers alone. 
  
The swine fever in Asia led to the killing of millions of pigs. A 
newly-emerged nipah strain killed 100 pig farm workers, infected 150 with non-fatal 
encephalitis and led to the slaughter of a million pigs to control the disease. 
  
The avian flu has already led to human deaths and the killing of millions of 
ducks and chicken. Though the epidemic has abated, it has spread to 10 
countries. 






full story:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/504576.cms 

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