Delia Grace on why keeping more animals brings more health risks to human populations

ILRI. 2011. Delia Grace on why keeping more animals brings more health risks to human populations. Audio. Nairobi, Kenya: ILRI.

Increasing numbers of domestic livestock and more resource-intensive production methods are encouraging animal epidemics around the world, a problem that is particularly acute in developing countries, where livestock diseases present a growing threat to the food security of already vulnerable populations. Delia Grace, a scientist with the International Livestock Research Institute, was interviewed by the BBC's Farming Today program.