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Non-typhoidal salmonellosis remains an important public health problem worldwide accounting for an estimated 3 million deaths per year. An economic loss of $2.4 billion has been reported in the USA. The emergence of antimicrobial resistance bacteria in both medical and agricultural fields continu...

The aims of this study were to assess the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of food handlers and to assess the level of microbiological hygiene indicators at slaughterhouses and markets. Cross-sectional study was conducted during December 2014 to May 2015 in 16 slaughterhouses and...

Faced with an explosion of cases of food poisoning have increased concern about food hygiene and safety of consumers as well as the management agency. Applying the standards of good agricultural practice (VietGAHP) in animal husbandry to provide fresh food market are many localities across the co...

Salmonella which exists in livestock intestine is one of important hazardous pathogens causing food poisoning, and most salmonellosis cases in humans occur due to consumption of contaminated animal origin foods such as meat and eggs. In Vietnam, pork is the most consumed meat and contamination of...

A study was conducted in Kampala district, Uganda to map the distribution of pork retail outlets as well as assess their role in food borne disease transmission. This was the first study to map pork retail outlets and their hygiene in Kampala, a city considered to be a major destination for pigs ...

This study was done as part of the Safe Food, Fair Food project of the International Livestock Research Institute. The study followed two earlier studies; the first one by Kung et al who mapped all pork joints (small to medium size restaurants selling mainly ready to eat pork and raw pork prep...

Introduction: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (ER) is a zoonotic, ubiquitous gram-positive bacterium, which causes erysipelas in swine, mammals, birds and erysipeloid in humans. The study was conducted in Kamuli district because farmers had reported signs of disease in their pigs which was repor...