According to a Dutch assessment, there is a high level of uncertainty around the risks posed by eating bushmeat.
The Office for Risk Assessment and Research (BuRO), part of the Netherlands Food and Product Safety Authority (NVWA), looked at the microbiological and chemical risks to consumer health from the consumption
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Researchers have expanded understanding of the potential for exposure to and infection with zoonotic pathogens in the bushmeat trade.
Scientists believe that if they can help bushmeat traders and consumers keep themselves safe, perhaps their communities can also be protected.
The team at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary
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Friends and colleagues of Dr. Yunes Teinaz, an environmental health expert in the United Kingdom, have paid tribute to his life and work following his death this past month.
Born in Libya, he grew up in North Africa and came to the U.K. to study in the late 1970s. He
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Researchers have taken a step toward estimating the risk of disease transmission from wild meat consumption.
The team, including members of the Wildlife Conservation Society, have presented a framework to quantify the risk of zoonotic disease transmission in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) bushmeat system and help improve understanding
Continue Reading Researchers analyze human diseases from bushmeat; cultural practices in play
“There’s a live animal caught in a poacher’s snare!” yelled Isaac Maina as he took off running through the bush to reach it. Maina leads the African Network for Animal Welfare’s monthly “desnaring” operations, removing snares in areas of Kenya where poaching is rampant. Guns are illegal for most people
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The U.S. is a major consumer of illegally imported African “bushmeat” and other wildlife products – and of the perilous microbial zoo that frequently accompanies those products.
That’s the bottom line of a study published this week in the online journal PLoS ONE.
Bushmeat describes meat parts from exotic
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A new study has found that more than 5 tons of bushmeat slips through Paris’ main airport each week.
This is the first time experts have documented how much bushmeat is smuggled into any European city. According to the Huffington Post, the research has been published in the
Authorities have been trying to crack down on the smuggling of meat from certain animals for years. Some people see the meat from animals such as bats, monkeys, and rodents as a food delicacy, but the illegal importation of such uninspected foods is cause for concern for public health officials
