集约农业增加了流行病的风险

英国科学家领导的一项新研究显示，集约农业技术导致的过度使用抗生素、（有限空间内）动物数量巨大和较低的遗传多样性，增加了病原体成为主要公共健康风险的可能性。

Intensive farming increases risk of epidemics

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200504155200.htm

Journal Reference:

1. Evangelos Mourkas, Aidan J. Taylor, Guillaume Méric, Sion C. Bayliss, Ben Pascoe, Leonardos Mageiros, Jessica K. Calland, Matthew D. Hitchings, Anne Ridley, Ana Vidal, Ken J. Forbes, Norval J. C. Strachan, Craig T. Parker, Julian Parkhill, Keith A. Jolley, Alison J. Cody, Martin C. J. Maiden, David J. Kelly, Samuel K. Sheppard. Agricultural intensification and the evolution of host specialism in the enteric pathogen Campylobacter jejuni. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020; 201917168 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1917168117