Industrial chicken farming linked to spread of gut bug behind food poisoning
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A landmark study has revealed that the global expansion of intensive chicken farming is driving the rapid spread of campylobacter, the most prevalent bacterial source of diarrhoeal illness worldwide.The research, newly published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, documents a staggering 100-fold rise in the transfer of bacterial strains between domesticated chickens and wild bird populations since 1900.Scientists at the University of Oxford led the work, which warns that modern poultry production has effectively turned chickens into a breeding ground for dangerous new pathogen variants.
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Growing antimicrobial resistance among circulating strains is compounding the threat, potentially undermining doctors' ability to treat severe cases of infection in humans.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "As the chicken population has exploded, they've increasingly picked up strains from different wild birds and become a cauldron of bacterial evolution," said Prof Sam Sheppard,...
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