Threats Biological & Biomedical Sciences Essay Paper (Essay Sample)

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Five Characteristics of Our Agricultural and Food Industries and the Threat Agents Which Could Impact Them and How Do These Characteristics Increase Our Risks?
* Concentrated Nature And Intensive Nature Of Contemporary U.S. Farming Practices
In the context, agriculture is considered as large scale as well as intensive business in the U.S. and hence the animals have been exposed to highly concentrated populations that tend to be bred and reared in extreme proximity to another (Chalk, 2003). As a result, the spread of contagious disease would be hand to contain within highly concentrated areas, especially in instances of airborne disease and thus causing destruction to all the exposed livestock.
* The Increased Disease Susceptibility Of Livestock