Negotiating security and resilience: planning conundrums for avian influenza control in Great Britain’s poultry systems
Environmental Research: Food Systems·
- DOI
- 10.1088/2976-601x/ae8dd4
- PMID
- —
- PMCID
- —
- OpenAlex
- W7169865655
- Study type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- IOP Publishing
- Article type
- journal-article
- Integrity
- current
Why this research matters now
The research highlights critical gaps in agricultural risk management that could facilitate pathogen persistence and impact broader food security frameworks.
Structured evidence summary
Research question
How do the organizational structures and policy environments of Great Britain’s poultry industries influence disease vulnerability and ecological resilience during severe avian influenza periods?
Study design
The investigation employs a qualitative methodology integrating a comprehensive literature review with nineteen semi-structured interviews, complemented by site observations and stakeholder participation.
Population and setting
The analysis focuses on commercial poultry operations across Great Britain, encompassing meat production, egg laying, and game bird sectors alongside their regulatory and market contexts.
Main findings
Highly concentrated processing facilities and older housing structures amplify exposure to wild bird vectors. Systemic vulnerabilities stem from misaligned land-use planning and fragmented insurance markets that create unequal financial burdens. Individual farm protections are deemed inadequate for maintaining production stability during sustained viral circulation.
Public-health relevance
The research highlights critical gaps in agricultural risk management that could facilitate pathogen persistence and impact broader food security frameworks.
Important limitations
This assessment relies exclusively on the provided abstract and metadata, necessitating consultation of the full manuscript to evaluate methodological depth, sampling criteria, and analytical rigor for definitive conclusions.
GIDS interpretation
This publication offers a structural and policy-oriented perspective on avian influenza dynamics, useful for contextualizing network-level vulnerabilities and informing surveillance priorities around agricultural infrastructure and regulatory frameworks.
Related GIDS surveillance
Literature context does not validate, explain, or change a surveillance signal. Exact and contextual relationships are shown separately.
Evidence relationships
This article has 12 auditable classifier relationships to diseases, places, topics, and study design.