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Since Aug 2018 there have been outbreaks of African swine fever in several provinces of China. At the end of 2018, the total amount of culled animals was 650,000. China's pig herd, by far the world's largest, was estimated then at 360 million animals. The pig should be half by the end of 2019 from a year earlier as an epidemic of African swine fever (ASF) sweeps through the world's top pork producer. Up to 200 million pigs have been culled or died...
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Fast food and an increase in meat consumption in the West is imitated in other parts of the world. The ceiling of meat and meat products production has already been achieved with the current 7 billion world population. The production of meat (products), poultry, pork and other meat has tripled between 1980 and 2010 and is expected to double again by 2050. The increase in meat and dairy products are only produced through artificial insemination of...
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In the mid-twentieth century, modern humans took control of the reproductive processes. The sexual revolution has brought us the birth control pill and the artificial insemination of our herds. Humans are the first mammal to have their genitals at their fingertips and finally gain control over reproductive processes. Modern humans also gained control over the reproduction of livestock, including poultry. Meat for consumption in the factory industry...
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The SARS epidemic, between November 2002 and July 2003, resulted in about 8,000 infections. Nearly eight hundred people died. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome spread over more than thirty countries, including Europe. Outside of China, Hong Kong, Canada, Taiwan and Singapore were hardest hit. In China, almost all provinces were affected. The Netherlands remained free from SARS. Guangdong Province (Canton) was the heart of this pandemic in 2002. Breeding,...
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Since the fifties of the 20th century, intensive breeding in livestock has increased sharply. The increase in meat products and dairy production could only be acheived with artificial insemination of mammals and the animals unilaterally fattening with soy flour, corn and fish meal. The unbridled breeding of animals, through artificial insemination of cattle and with incubators for poultry, has a devastating effect on our health, nature and the climate....
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