| Autor: |
Zeppelini CG; Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, R. Basílio da Gama, s/n-Canela, Salvador 40110-040, Brazil., Carneiro IO; Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, R. Basílio da Gama, s/n-Canela, Salvador 40110-040, Brazil.; Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Campus Tancredo Neves, Universidade Salvador (UNIFACS), Av. Tancredo Neves, 2131-Caminho das Árvores, Salvador 41820-021, Brazil., Mascarenhas de Abreu P; Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Campus Tancredo Neves, Universidade Salvador (UNIFACS), Av. Tancredo Neves, 2131-Caminho das Árvores, Salvador 41820-021, Brazil., Linder AK; Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA., Alves RRN; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Etnobiologia e Conservação da Natureza, Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Rua Baraúnas, 351-Bairro Universitário, Campina Grande 58429-500, Brazil., Costa F; Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal da Bahia, R. Basílio da Gama, s/n-Canela, Salvador 40110-040, Brazil. |
| Abstrakt: |
The practice of consuming wild fauna in Brazil is both culturally and socioeconomically questionable. Wild animals and their byproducts are sought for nutritional, medicinal, and/or supernatural reasons, with some taxa (e.g., songbirds) being kept as pets. This practice is concentrated in traditional and rural communities, as well as the rural exodus populations in large urban centers, maintained both by cultural preferences and for their role in food safety in part of the rural exodus community. A total of 564 taxa are known to be sold in wet markets in Brazil, with birds, fish, and mammals being the most commonly listed. There is great zoonotic outbreak potential in this consumption chain given the diversity of species involved (with several listed being known reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens), invasion of wild environments for hunting, unsanitary processing of carcasses, and consumption of most/all biotopes of the animal, as well as the creation of favorable conditions to cross-species pathogen transmission. Given its socioeconomic situation and the global trends in disease emergence, there is a risk of the future emergence of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern in Brazil through wildlife consumption. |
