Perspective
Connecting the dots between domestic livestock ownership and child linear growth in low‐ and middle‐income countries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15536586 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Callum Lowe (0000-0002-0871-0969, Australian National University, corresponding author), Haribondhu Sarma (0000-0003-1553-8498, Australian National University), Darren J Gray (0000-0003-3525-1339, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute), Darren Gray (Population Health Program QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Brisbane Queensland Australia), Matthew Kelly (0000-0001-7963-2139, Australian National University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | e13618-e13618 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Maternal and Child Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-8695 • E-ISSN: 1740-8709 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/mcn.13618 |
| PMID | 38192051 |
| OpenAlex | W4390750113 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 45 |
Child stunting due to linear growth faltering remains a pervasive issue in low- and middle-income countries. Two schools of thought have existed pertaining to the role of domestic livestock ownership (DLO) in child linear growth. On one hand, it is argued that DLO leads to greater income and financial security, resulting in better child-raising conditions, including greater animal-source food (ASF) consumption, having protective effects towards child stunting. On the other hand, researchers argue that DLO contributes to faecal contamination and transmission of zoonotic enteric infections from animals to children, thus having destructive effects on child growth. Reviews of this association have revealed ambiguous findings. In this perspective, we argue that measuring the association between exposures to domesticated animals and child stunting is difficult and the ambiguous associations revealed are a result of confounding and differences in the management of DLO. We also argue that the increasingly prominent area of research of environmental enteric dysfunction, a sub-clinical condition of the small intestine thought to be due to frequent faecal pathogen exposure and associated with stunting, will be a useful tool to measure the potential destructive effects of DLO on child growth. We present our argument and identify challenges and considerations and directions for future research
Agriculture · Argument (complex analysis · Biology · Developing country · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Food security · Livestock · Perspective (graphical · Public economics · Socioeconomics · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Energy and Environment Impacts · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |