Irreparable Global Spread of Pathogens and International Trade – Facilitating Factors

• Published in: Agricultura tropica et subtropica Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 37 - 43
• Main Author: Kouba, Václav
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter Open 01.06.2015; Sciendo
• Subjects: diagnosis deficiency; eradications; global bioterror; global pathogenic microflora; humankind survival; innocuous commodity; pathogen-free status; planet ecological disaster; sanitary certificates
• ISSN: 1801-0571; 1801-0571
• DOI: 10.1515/ats-2015-0006

The worldwide trade in non-pathogen-free animals and their products has led to irreparable global spread of animal infections. Among factors supporting this spread belong: countless pathogen species able to reproduce and spread horizontally and to the next generations causing immense number of sufferings and premature deaths of affected animals and humans; increasing long distance export of animals and their products due also to not requiring by relevant international organizations healthy and innocuous pathogen-free commodities; illegal export/import of animals and their products; deficiencies related to diagnosis of pathogen-free status; inability to discover all imported infections, to control and eradicate them; international sanitary certificates without pathogen-free guarantee; inability of public animal health services to control on the spot the international trade with animal commodities; minimum of successfull animal infection eradications and absence of information about global spreading of pathogens to alert the countries in question. Huge daily flow of exported non-pathogen-free animal commodities conduces to permanent deterioration of global epizootiological situation. Irreparable man-made global spread of invisible pathogens with continuous multiplying sanitary, economic, social and ecological consequences represents a worldwide ecological disaster contributing to shortening life on Earth and survival of species, including self-destruction of humankind. Extraordinary existential significance requires international control of epizootics to be dealt with at the highest decision-making level of the United Nations Organization.