Industrial poultry farming is accelerating the spread of a major foodborne disease

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A study from the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research finds that industrial poultry farming has caused a significant increase in the spread of Campylobacter, a major foodborne pathogen. The disease strains have mixed extensively within commercial poultry populations, intensifying public health risks.

A new study by the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research at the University of Oxford reveals that industrial poultry farming has led to a more than 100-fold increase in the movement of Campylobacter, allowing strains that once circulated in wild birds to mix extensively in commercial poultry populations.