Infectious Rats and Dangerous Cows: Transnational Perspectives on Animal Diseases in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Knab, Cornelia

doi:10.1017/s0960777311000324

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“…With live animal trade, the increased risk of epizootics crossing borders encouraged state veterinary services to control diseases through quarantines, compulsory slaughters, and inoculations (Appuhn, 2010;Brown and Gilfoyle, 2010;Knab, 2011;Ford, 2018). In 1914, when 20,000 cattle died from a rinderpest outbreak in Manchuria, Japanese veterinarians blamed the "callousness of the Chinese" for infections (Perrins, 2010, p. 158).…”

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Using animal history to inform current debates in gene editing farm animals: A systematic review

Wright

Tworek²,

Keyserlingk³

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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There is growing interest in gene editing farm animals. Some alterations could benefit animal welfare (e.g., improved heat tolerance in cattle with the “slick” gene), the environment (e.g., reducing methane emissions from cattle with induced pluripotent stem cells), and productivity (e.g., higher weight gains in cattle with the “double muscling” gene). Existing scholarship on the acceptability of such modifications has used myriad approaches to identify societal factors that shape the ethics and governance of this technology. We argue that integrating historical approaches—particularly from the relatively new and burgeoning field of animal history—offers a form of “anticipatory knowledge” that can help guide discussions on this topic. We conducted a systematic review of the animal history literature in English, German, and Spanish to identify the influence of political, scientific, economic, social, and cultural factors on the development and acceptance of such technologies. We identified analogous structures and fault lines in past debates about farm animals that provide insights for contemporary discussions about gene editing. Those analogous structures include the market power of meatpackers or the racialized precepts in livestock breeding, and fault lines, like the disconnect between states and citizens over the direction of food systems. Highlighting these similarities demonstrates how external forces have shaped—and will continue to shape—the acceptance or rejection of emerging biotechnologies as applied to farm animals.

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Using animal history to inform current debates in gene editing farm animals: A systematic review

Wright

Tworek²,

Keyserlingk³

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…Its role was to control and prevent the spread of animal diseases. 13 As humans developed technologies of industrial-style exploitation during the twentieth century, the management of global commons such as oceanic fish resources and marine wildlife, notably whales, equally called for international regulation by conventions. These conventions often established IOs, such as the International Whaling Commission created in 1946.…”

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Introduction: International Organizations and Environmental Protection in the Global Twentieth Century

Kaiser¹,

Meyer²

2022

International Organizations and Environmental Protection

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Carbon dioxide emissions contribute to rising average surface temperatures and the melting of arctic sea ice as well as ocean acidification, threatening precious natural habitats like coral reefs. In 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicted with 'high confidence' in its fifth assessment report that, even in the case of moderate global warming, many regions in the world would experience more extreme weather events in the future. Moreover, a rise in the average global temperature of around three per cent would lead to 'extensive biodiversity loss' . 1 The report outlined two extreme scenarios: one, a 'low-emission mitigation scenario' , in which states worldwide reduce their emissions substantially and take coordinated systematic action to control their impact, limiting the rise in temperature to 2.6 degrees centigrade during the period from 2081 to 2100 (compared to the mean temperature between 1986 and 2005); and, two, a catastrophic 'high-emission scenario' with a temperature rise of 8.5 degrees centigrade in the same period. 2 The fifth IPCC assessment report resulted from a global effort since 2008 to collate and interpret scientific data on climate change. A total of 259 authors from thirty-nine countries debated the physical science base of climate change, receiving 54,677 comments in the process. A total of 309 authors from seventy countries analysed issues regarding the impact of climate change, adaptation to its consequences and the vulnerability of different human societies, considering 50,444 comments in the course of their work. Finally, 235 authors from 57 countries devoted themselves to identifying ways to mitigate climate change, incorporating 38,315 comments. 3

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Rinderpest and the Origins of International Cooperation for Disease Control

McVety

The Rinderpest Campaigns

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Infectious Rats and Dangerous Cows: Transnational Perspectives on Animal Diseases in the First Half of the Twentieth Century

Cited by 5 publications

References 31 publications

Using animal history to inform current debates in gene editing farm animals: A systematic review

Using animal history to inform current debates in gene editing farm animals: A systematic review

Introduction: International Organizations and Environmental Protection in the Global Twentieth Century

Rinderpest and the Origins of International Cooperation for Disease Control

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