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Most Campylobacter infections in New Zealand linked to poultry

By Joe Whitworth on November 30, 2020

Poultry meat remains a major source of Campylobacter infection in New Zealand, according to a study.

Researchers looked at transmission pathways and source attribution for campylobacteriosis in New Zealand. Most patients were infected with strains…
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Researchers investigate role of farming in evolution of Campylobacter

By News Desk on May 6, 2020

Intensive farming techniques could increase the likelihood of pathogens becoming a public health risk, according to researchers.

An international team led by the Universities of Bath and Sheffield in England, investigated the evolution of Campylobacter…
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Study on Swedish farms widens E. coli knowledge

By News Desk on April 23, 2020

New knowledge about transmission and persistence of E. coli O157:H7 between and within farms has been revealed by a researcher at a Swedish university.

Lena-Mari Tamminen’s doctoral dissertation at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences…
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Role of toxin in seriousness of E. coli infection

By News Desk on October 12, 2019

Scientists have looked at why humans infected with E. coli are more likely to suffer serious symptoms after studying toxins produced by the bacteria.

The team found that a toxin produced by naturally-occurring E. coli…
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Dangerous E. coli strains adapt well to life in cattle, threatening people

By News Desk on August 28, 2019

Researchers have looked at why dangerous forms of E. coli keep appearing in cattle.

While E. coli bacteria are a known cause of food poisoning, a wide variety of strains exist, many of them are…
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E. coli O157 study could explain higher human infection rates in Scotland

By Joe Whitworth on November 27, 2018

Cattle in Scotland have a higher level of a certain subtype of E. coli O157 which causes more severe human infections, according to a report.

Scientists found that Scottish cattle have more E. coli O157…
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The UK, as part of the EU, does not accept hormone-treated beef. This may change after Brexit.

Post-Brexit food safety under scrutiny by CIEH and FRC

By News Desk on September 8, 2018

Food standards and safety after the United Kingdom exits the European Union next year have been put under the spotlight again by the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and Food Research Collaboration.

The Chartered Institute…
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Cow had 8,000% the legal limit of drug in edible tissue

By News Desk on July 24, 2017

A beef cow-calf operation is on notice from the Food and Drug Administration because of the presence of three drugs in edible tissue samples collected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Testing showed residue of…
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Catch the 2013 — NAMI’s guidelines still right on target

By Steve Sayer on March 2, 2017

So what’s the gold standard guideline on how to humanely handle feed animals in 2017?

North American Meat Institute’s (NAMI), 2013 Guidelines.

Next question, please.

http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-cattle-image10346270You can credit, as does NAMI, the “2013” to that…
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Researchers in Scotland develop E. coli vaccine for cattle

By News Desk on December 21, 2016

The two North American vaccines developed since 2010 to reduce the dangerous E. coli in cattle by as much as 98 percent are still in limited demand in the marketplace. But that has not stopped…
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Canada Blames Old Feed for Alberta’s Most Recent ‘Mad Cow’ Discovery

By News Desk on December 3, 2015

The report is not exactly comforting on that Black Angus beef cow discovered with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) north of Edmonton, Alberta, last February. BSE is a progressive and fatal neurological disease in cattle. The…
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