COVID-19 Syndrome: Nexus with Herbivory and Exposure Dynamics for Monitoring Livestock Welfare and Agro-Environment
| dc.contributor.author | Fayemi, Peter Olutope | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fayemi, Omolola Esther | |
| dc.contributor.author | Joel, Luke Oluwaseye | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ogungbuyi, Michael Gbenga | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-29T14:48:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-11-29T14:48:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-11-09 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2021-11-25T16:00:10Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a public health emergency that turns the year 2020–2021 into annus horribilis for millions of people across international boundaries. The interspecies transmission of this zoonotic virus and mutated variants are aided by exposure dynamics of infected aerosols, fomites and intermediate reservoirs. The spike in the first, second and third waves of coronavirus confirms that herd immunity is not yet reached and everyone including livestock is still vulnerable to the infection. Of serious concern are the communitarian nature of agrarians in the livestock sector, aerogenous spread of the virus and attendant cytocidal effect in permissive cells following activation of pathogen recognition receptors, replication cycles, virulent mutations, seasonal spike in infection rates, flurry of reinfections and excess mortalities that can affect animal welfare and food security. As the capacity to either resist or be susceptible to infection is influenced by numerous factors, identifying coronavirus-associated variants and correlating exposure dynamics with viral aerosols, spirometry indices, comorbidities, susceptible blood types, cellular miRNA binding sites and multisystem inflammatory syndrome remains a challenge where the lethal zoonotic infections are prevalent in the livestock industry, being the hub of dairy, fur, meat and egg production. This review provides insights into the complexity of the disease burden and recommends precision smart-farming models for upscaling biosecurity measures and adoption of digitalised technologies (robotic drones) powered by multiparametric sensors and radio modem systems for real-time tracking of infectious strains in the agro-environment and managing the transition into the new-normal realities in the livestock industry. | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi: 10.3390/su132212381 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Fayemi, P. O., Fayemi, O. E., Joel, L. O., & Ogungbuyi, M. G. (2021). COVID-19 Syndrome: Nexus with Herbivory and Exposure Dynamics for Monitoring Livestock Welfare and Agro-Environment. <i>Sustainability</i>, 13(22), 12381. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35395 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Fayemi, Peter Olutope, Omolola Esther Fayemi, Luke Oluwaseye Joel, and Michael Gbenga Ogungbuyi "COVID-19 Syndrome: Nexus with Herbivory and Exposure Dynamics for Monitoring Livestock Welfare and Agro-Environment." <i>Sustainability</i> 13, 22. (2021): 12381. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35395 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Fayemi, P.O., Fayemi, O.E., Joel, L.O. & Ogungbuyi, M.G. 2021. COVID-19 Syndrome: Nexus with Herbivory and Exposure Dynamics for Monitoring Livestock Welfare and Agro-Environment. <i>Sustainability.</i> 13(22):12381. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35395 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Fayemi, Peter Olutope AU - Fayemi, Omolola Esther AU - Joel, Luke Oluwaseye AU - Ogungbuyi, Michael Gbenga AB - The outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a public health emergency that turns the year 2020–2021 into annus horribilis for millions of people across international boundaries. The interspecies transmission of this zoonotic virus and mutated variants are aided by exposure dynamics of infected aerosols, fomites and intermediate reservoirs. The spike in the first, second and third waves of coronavirus confirms that herd immunity is not yet reached and everyone including livestock is still vulnerable to the infection. Of serious concern are the communitarian nature of agrarians in the livestock sector, aerogenous spread of the virus and attendant cytocidal effect in permissive cells following activation of pathogen recognition receptors, replication cycles, virulent mutations, seasonal spike in infection rates, flurry of reinfections and excess mortalities that can affect animal welfare and food security. As the capacity to either resist or be susceptible to infection is influenced by numerous factors, identifying coronavirus-associated variants and correlating exposure dynamics with viral aerosols, spirometry indices, comorbidities, susceptible blood types, cellular miRNA binding sites and multisystem inflammatory syndrome remains a challenge where the lethal zoonotic infections are prevalent in the livestock industry, being the hub of dairy, fur, meat and egg production. This review provides insights into the complexity of the disease burden and recommends precision smart-farming models for upscaling biosecurity measures and adoption of digitalised technologies (robotic drones) powered by multiparametric sensors and radio modem systems for real-time tracking of infectious strains in the agro-environment and managing the transition into the new-normal realities in the livestock industry. DA - 2021-11-09 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town IS - 22 J1 - Sustainability LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2021 T1 - COVID-19 Syndrome: Nexus with Herbivory and Exposure Dynamics for Monitoring Livestock Welfare and Agro-Environment TI - COVID-19 Syndrome: Nexus with Herbivory and Exposure Dynamics for Monitoring Livestock Welfare and Agro-Environment UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35395 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35395 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Fayemi PO, Fayemi OE, Joel LO, Ogungbuyi MG. COVID-19 Syndrome: Nexus with Herbivory and Exposure Dynamics for Monitoring Livestock Welfare and Agro-Environment. Sustainability. 2021;13(22):12381. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/35395. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Electrical Engineering | en_US |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
| dc.source | Sustainability | en_US |
| dc.source.journalissue | 22 | en_US |
| dc.source.journalvolume | 13 | en_US |
| dc.source.pagination | 12381 | en_US |
| dc.source.uri | https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability | |
| dc.title | COVID-19 Syndrome: Nexus with Herbivory and Exposure Dynamics for Monitoring Livestock Welfare and Agro-Environment | en_US |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |