Adequacy of Solutions - Evidence Sample Clauses

Adequacy of Solutions - Evidence. As explained in Chapter One, and further in Chapter Two, disease is a serious risk in the turtle interaction with humans. There can be as much legislation as possible, but if turtle farming and human-turtle interaction persists, which explained in Chapter One is very likely, the disease threat from turtles must be addressed. Turtle farms have severely increased the risk since they are not regulated to the extent of preventing salmonella transmission, which may never be apparent in the turtle until the holder is infected. The transportation of infected turtles also leads to an increased risk of spread to wild stocks. Disease is a serious world wide threat of the turtle-human relationship, and turtle farming has not helped. Once one farmed turtle is infected, it is likely that all turtles in the farm are as well. Government action in the past has reduced cases, but ultimately the only solution if turtle traditions and farming are to persist, is to find a way to end salmonella spread in the farms. Turtle farming has only assisted in the spread of salmonella, but it is a serious problem with any handling between human and turtles. 136 Ibid., 435. After the FDA legislation passed in 1975, participants in the turtle industry began exploring solutions, rather treatments, to the salmonella epidemic. This research industry sponsored and has not only discovered new information explaining the relationship between turtle pet trade and salmonella outbreaks, but also uncovered practices involving human interaction with turtles that have shown success in reducing the risk of salmonella contamination.137 The days of salmonella contamination are not of the past yet, but with new innovations and a possible treatment for Salmonella infected turtles, there could be a near end to turtles harboring the harmful bacteria. Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, a professor in microbiology at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, was contacted by several turtle farmers just years before the U.S. Federal Drug Administration ban on trading and selling of small turtles on took effect in the 1970’s.138 He was on a mission to not only solve the problem of Salmonella contamination in turtles, but better understand why turtles were so vulnerable to contraction of the bacteria. He began looking at other farm sites in the poultry industry, particularly chicken and turkey farming. An antibiotic, or “antibiotic bath” referred to by Xxx Xxxxx, was being used on the eggs to eliminate Salmonella before the eggs ha...