Il existe, en fait, des maladies animales contagieuses qui sont transmises par les aliments (brucellose, tuberculose, salmonellose, colibacillose) mais l'idée qui sous-tendait le financement de la lutte contre les maladies animales était, surtout, de réduire le préjudice subi par les agriculteurs lorsqu'ils doivent abattre leurs animaux atteints d'une maladie qui se propage rapidement.
There are some contagious animal diseases which are transmitted through food (brucellosis, tuberculosis, salmonellosis and colibacillosis), but the spirit behind the financing of measures to combat animal diseases was above all to help minimise the damage suffered by farmers when their animals must be destroyed because they are suffering from a disease which can be easily spread.
