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In their Perspectives article, Perfecto and colleagues present a novel "agricultural matrix framework" that can be used to examine the relationship between agriculture and zoonoses.

From Science Daily • Sep. 18, 2023

Her responsibilities included livestock markets, biosecurity and zoonoses - diseases that can move between animals and humans.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2022

Peter Ben Embarek, an expert in food safety and zoonoses at the World Health Organization, calls the government’s decision to cull a “brave” and “dramatic” step.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 11, 2020

Although zoonoses are ancient, thought to be referenced in Mesopotamian tablets and the Bible, their numbers have increased in the last few decades, along with the frequency of outbreaks.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2020

Many were zoonoses that appeared with the domestication of animals, as in the case of tuberculosis.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013