Why should Factory Farming of Swine and Poultry Create a Pandemic Influenza Threat? (Biodevastation) (Report‪)‬

We know that indiscriminate feeding of antibiotics to livestock has led to higher rates of human infection by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. But how might factory-farming practices increase the threat from the influenza virus? Michael Greger, M.D., director of public health and animal agriculture for The Humane Society of the United States, listed on the Society's website some of the reasons that "Factory farms can be considered viral breeding grounds." Quoting Dr. Greger, they are: (1)