Eli5: why do we kill livestock when theyre infected like an epidemic even though it wont affect us humans

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We had an livestock epidemic outbreak and it say it doenst affect human if we eat it why do we kill it ?

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So it doesn’t spread throughout the herd/colony and ruin our entire food supply. There’s also a chance that it can spread to humans. Most of the worst outbreaks come from animals because our immune system cannot handle them. It is only through repetitive close contact that the germ in question can mutate to be carried by humans. Eliminating this possibility is the best option for all parties.

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Production farming makes good profits. Sadly no ones thought of other ideas besides this method. 😕

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So it doesn’t spread throughout the herd/colony and ruin our entire food supply. There’s also a chance that it can spread to humans. Most of the worst outbreaks come from animals because our immune system cannot handle them. It is only through repetitive close contact that the germ in question can mutate to be carried by humans. Eliminating this possibility is the best option for all parties.

Anonymous 0 Comments

2 reasons. The 1st was already covered by someone else, namely that you do not want the infection to become a pandemic that wipes out a large portion of a livestock species.

The 2nd is that disease is very often due jump from livestock to humans. Some of the recent callings have involved things like avian flu that has already done so in the past. But even with other pathogens you won’t be careful, especially if they are airborne.

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2 reasons. The 1st was already covered by someone else, namely that you do not want the infection to become a pandemic that wipes out a large portion of a livestock species.

The 2nd is that disease is very often due jump from livestock to humans. Some of the recent callings have involved things like avian flu that has already done so in the past. But even with other pathogens you won’t be careful, especially if they are airborne.

Anonymous 0 Comments

so that it cannot infect the rest of it, just because its currently not infectious to humans doesnt mean i cannot eventually become dangerous, especially if you give it free reign to spread and roll the dice on the mutation RNG.

even from a practical viewpoint it makes sense ot euthanize them because its better ot lose a few animals than torisk your whole operation or be shut down as a health and safety hazard.

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Production farming makes good profits. Sadly no ones thought of other ideas besides this method. 😕