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The risk of viral transmission in feed: What do we know, what do we do?
Author(s) -
Dee Scott A.,
Niederwerder Megan C.,
Patterson Gil,
Cochrane Roger,
Jones Cassie,
Diel Diego,
Brockhoff Egan,
Nelson Eric,
Spronk Gordon,
Sundberg Paul
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
transboundary and emerging diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.392
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1865-1682
pISSN - 1865-1674
DOI - 10.1111/tbed.13606
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , identification (biology) , transmission (telecommunications) , risk analysis (engineering) , psychological intervention , risk assessment , risk factor , environmental health , medicine , computer science , biology , political science , computer security , pathology , telecommunications , psychiatry , law , botany
The role of animal feed as a vehicle for the transport and transmission of viral diseases was first identified in 2014 during the porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus epidemic in North America. Since the identification of this novel risk factor, scientists have conducted numerous studies to understand its relevance. Over the past few years, the body of scientific evidence supporting the reality of this risk has grown substantially. In addition, numerous papers describing actions and interventions designed to mitigate this risk have been published. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to review the literature on the risk of feed ( what do we know) and the protocols developed to reduce this risk ( what do we do ) in an effort to develop a comprehensive document to raise awareness, facilitate learning, improve the accuracy of risk assessments and to identify knowledge gaps for future studies.