Population growth, urbanization and increasing consumer demand for products of animal origin couldprovide poor smallholder farmers with income and help alleviate poverty. By 2050 there will be anadditional one billion consumers in Africa alone consuming ever more meat, milk and fish.Today, up to ...
Roesel, Kristina
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Grace, Delia
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Baumann, M.P.O.
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Fries, R.
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Clausen, P.H.
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[Food safety in low income countries]
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Food safety in low income countries
Every year, 2 billions of diarrhea cases occur for all age groups (WHO, 2010) and currently 700,000 children under five die from this illness (Walker et al., 2013). Animal-source foods provide nutrition but are a major cause of such food-borne diseases (FBDs). FBDs include other, non-diarrheal se...
Milk is an important source of nutrients in the diet. However, due to its nutritional
nature it also serves as an ideal medium for growth and development of various
microorganisms under suitable conditions. It is a staple food, which is linked to
zoonotic pathogens. This study was carried out in ...
Hyera, E.
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Msalya, G.
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Karimuribo, E.D.
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Kurwijila, Lusato R.
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Alonso, Silvia
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Roesel, Kristina
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Grace, Delia
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[Isolation and identification of Listeria species along the milk value chain in one region of Tanzania]
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Isolation and identification of Listeria species along the milk value chain in one region of Tanzania
The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance
of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovars including the presence of shared
plasmids in pork and related fresh vegetables served in pork joints in Kampala,
Uganda. Pork butcheries in three of the five admini...
Ndoboli, D.
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Heilmann, Martin
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Roesel, Kristina
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Clausen, P.H.
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Wampande, E.
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Grace, Delia
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Alter, T.
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Huehn, S.
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[Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica in pork and vegetable servings at pork joints in Kampala, Uganda]
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Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica in pork and vegetable servings at pork joints in Kampala, Uganda
In the last 30 years, Uganda has had a massive growth in pig population, from 190,000
in the late 90’s to 3.2 million pigs in 2008, and currently has the highest per capita consumption
of pork in East Africa (3.4 kg year). The majority of Uganda’s pig farmers
are smallholders (1.2 million househo...
Pezo, Danilo A.
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Ouma, Emily A.
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Lule, Peter M.
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Dione, Michel M.
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Lukuyu, Ben A.
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Carter, N.
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Roesel, Kristina
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[The feeding component in rural and peri-urban smallholder pig systems in Uganda]
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The feeding component in rural and peri-urban smallholder pig systems in Uganda
While in high-income countries, the majority of people die from non-communicable, chronic conditions, nearly 40% of deaths in developing countries are among children under 15 years. Diarrhoea is among the top 10 leading causes of death and many cases are caused by pathogens transmitted in food an...
Contaminated milk is responsible for up to 90% of all dairy-related diseases of humans. A cross sectional study was
carried out in Lushoto and Handeni districts of Tanga region to determine handling practices, bacterial contaminations
and selected milk-borne zoonotic pathogens along the dairy val...
Shija, F.
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Nonga, H.
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Kurwijila, Lusato R.
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Roesel, Kristina
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Grace, Delia
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Misinzo, G.
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[Determination of risk factors contributing to microbial contamination in milk and identification of presence of selected pathogenic bacteria along dairy value chain in Tanga]
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Determination of risk factors contributing to microbial contamination in milk and identification of presence of selected pathogenic bacteria along dairy value chain in Tanga