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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found evidence of a novel pathway for potential human exposure to antibiotic-resistant bacteria from intensively raised poultry—driving behind the trucks transporting broiler chickens from farm to slaughterhouse…
Typically, broiler chickens are transported in open crates on the back of flatbed trucks with no effective barrier to prevent release of pathogens into the environment. Previous studies have reported that these crates become contaminated with feces and bacteria.
The new study was conducted on the Delmarva Peninsula—a coastal region shared by Maryland, Delaware and Virginia, which has one of the highest densities of broiler chickens per acre in the United States. Researchers…collected air and surface samples from cars driving two to three car lengths behind the poultry trucks for a distance of 17 miles. The cars were driven with both air conditioners and fans turned off and with the windows fully opened. Air samples collected inside the cars, showed increased concentrations of bacteria (including antibiotic-resistant strains) that could be inhaled. The same bacteria were also found deposited on a soda can inside the car and on the outside door handle, where they could potentially be touched…
The strains of bacteria collected were found to be resistant to three antimicrobial drugs widely used to treat bacterial infections in people. [Of course]…these drugs are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use as feed additives for broiler poultry.
The FDA is still the FEMA of public health.
Eeuuow!
This has always been the case. Why the news now? Is it because some finally realize that poop and other dirty things can get contaminated and spread? Ooookkkk.
On the road as a field engineer in SW Virginia, Harrisonburg in particular….I would get behind these trucks frequently, feathers would be flying everywhere. Makes me wonder about the people who work in this industry.
A good reason not to live in Arkansas. Arkansas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tyson.
I used to work on a “chicken ranch” (NO–not that kind) and we used a dump truck to transport chickens. Old slow truck with low ratio gears==very slow off the line. If some dick head blew his horn at me, I would toggle the dump lever which would raise shit and feathers usually giving the car a nice dusting. Never thought about being an agent of biological warfare though. Whole new angle.
Chickenshit as weapon of mass destruction?
#5. Bobbo=terrorist
I bet merely going to the airport is far more dangerous.
Standing around in a closed area with 2000 other humans of the same species for 45 minutes while each of you takes your shoes off.
Some day some study like this will convince us to cut down all the forests and drain all the ponds because a lot of bacteria and insects thrive there.
#8 – I’ll throw in $20 to start a PAC named “Sterilize The Planet”. We’ll start with the environment, then the poor.
How liberal of me.
.. meanwhile we are conditioned to sit in stalled traffic for 2 hours a day breathing in exhaust fumes.
And if some barnaclehead gets in an injury accident, it becomes 4 hours for tens of thousands of people on account of 1 guy.
Try driving in China. You have Pig trucks that are quite open, and when they urinate, it can splash your window. That’s why driving with the windows open is not recommended
#7, McCullough. We’ve known that for a very, very long time!
I agree with #8. Given #4 and #7, and the fact that chicken farmers haven’t been dying off in droves (much to the chagrin of Peta), it seems much more likely that the chicken farmer will die of a traffic accident bringing these chickens to market than from the chickens themselves.
Chicken farmers must be a real strong breed of people with all that natural selection…
It’s funny that humans think they can make themselves immune to the “bad” aspects of nature, and then act surprised when it’s found to not be the case.
#12–motaman==we like to think of ourselves as “Chicken RANCHERS” not farmers. Say farmer and you will likely get some of that organic soil amendment thrown your way.
I worked on the ranch for 3 years. All aspects. Shit and eggs didn’t bother me. Lice (quell shampoo about once a month) and cold (in the processing room) is what bothered me.
Watch out the “humane” society will be using these new sets of chicken shit data to lobby for new restrictions, which will make it impossible for farmers to make a profit, then, they will end up with their kids on the streets, while keeps arguing where to spend the 10 trillion dollars, mostly to bails out big corps, and while they forriage for food, they notice 1 out of 4 homes remain vacant, while chickens keep moving into McMansions.
I don’t know this whole story seem a little “fowl” to me…
Yea, I said it… I’m not proud of it, but I said it…
Ok, other than being gross………anyone notice the sole chicken on the back of the truck? Jump little fellow, jump!
haha for a second i thought you were referring to the loose chicken sitting on the bed. my mistake.