COVID-19: Risks on animal health, phytochemical approach for prevention and impact on livestock sector: A short review

ABSTRACT

A pandemic is defined by World Health Organization as an epidemic that occurs worldwide, crossing international borders and typically affects a huge number of people. Their impact in terms of health, economic and social consequences is disastrous. There have been a number of significant pandemics recorded in human history but their frequency and impact of emerging and re-emerging diseases have increased over the last few decades. There is no doubt that the world is changing rapidly due to globalization, climate change, disease outbreaks and the pandemic has exacerbated the condition. COVID-19 has already been established as pandemic among human and several vaccines, medicines as well phytochemicals are already in the market as immunomodulator to protect this. It has affected day to day life and is slowing down the global economy. The livestock sector is also not untouched and resulted in hardships to millions of poor livestock keepers. But, whether this segment will be doomed forever depends on our various coping strategies. Keeping this in view, the current review has been written to highlight the impact of COVID-19 in animal health, phytochemical developments as well as various impact on livestock sector.