Pfizer’s Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases/Food Safety Shucheng Zhang, DVM, PhD VMRD, Pfizer Animal Health 10/10/2014.

Pfizer’s Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases/Food Safety

Shucheng Zhang, DVM, PhDVMRD, Pfizer Animal Health

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Rapidly Expanding Population Challenging Global Resources

Population dynamics

Source: UNEP/GRID 2

Migration into Urban Areas Taxes Social Infrastructure

By 2050, the UN says, there may be 3.5 billion slumdwellers, out of a total urban population of about six billion.

Land encroachments increase wildlife interactions

Demand for Protein

Source: A dynamic meat market towards 2020, Kennes, 2010 4

Rapidly expanding middle class driving The need for Protein

Emerging market economies - inrease % of the global middle class:

2000: 56%2030: 93% China and India alone will account for 2/3 of this expansion

Global Food Supply

• In 2008, 21 Billion Production Animals, a global population of 6.5 billion people

• 50% Increase in Animal Protein by 2020

A rapidly expanding middle class will lead to an increase in trade

Major global trade flows of dairy products, 2003

Global Meat Trade

• At Least 60% Known Pathogens• 75% of Emerging Pathogens

Zoonotic Diseases

Rabies, Tuberculosis, West Nile Virus, Influenza, SARS, Rift Valley Fever, Brucellosis, Anthrax

Thomas P. Monath, MD

Emerging Infectious diseases

Recent Food Threat Examples

Incidental– Beef– Chicken– Spinach– Nuts– Eggs

Intentional– Salad Bar / Salmonella, Oregon– Melamine, Pet Food and Milk– Strychnine-laced Meatballs, Virginia

Estimated 76 Million Cases of Food-borne Illness AnnuallyEstimated 76 Million Cases of Food-borne Illness Annually

On newspaper Guangzhou Diary: Over 500 Million troubled eggs in the US

On CCTV: Over 500 million eggs recalled Due to Salmonella problem…

Significance of EID to Global Health and Wellness

• Approximately 60% of all human infectious diseases and 75% of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses. (SARS, Lyme)

• Significant disruptions to food security through:– Reduced productivity» Destroying a families livelihood E.g. PPR spreading across

Africa» Negatively impacts sustainability e.g. BlueTongue– Disruption of food supply chains» E.g. FMD in South Africa, South Korea; hpAI– Foodborne illnesses» Real or perceived eg E.coli O157 and pH1N1 respectively

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