Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Comparative Evaluation of Rapid Methods for Salmonella Detection in Pork
February 17, 2010By Irene V. Wesley
The goal of this study was to develop a single-step assay which combined all of the steps of conventional culture of Salmonella into a single well of a 48-deep well microtiter plate. The second goal...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Campylobacter Colonization Dynamics in Pigs
February 15, 2010By Gireesh Rajashekara
Campylobacter are known human pathogens that are capable of causing disease ranging from diarrhea to serious neurological disorders. These bacteria are majorly transmitted to humans via consumption...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Identifying genes associated with Salmonella shedding to increase pork safety through improved genetic resistance
February 8, 2010By Christopher Tuggle
The long-term goals of this project are to use genomics tools to identify genetic variants that are associated with decreased Salmonella shedding on farms; and to use these variants to select for...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Does pre-slaughter transportation and lairage affect Salmonella enterica shedding prevalence and levels in market pigs?
August 31, 2009By Marcos Rostagno
This research was conducted with the objective of determining the effect of pre-slaughter transportation and lairage on Salmonella enterica shedding prevalence, shedding levels of total...
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
Literature Review of Health Effects Testing Related to Livestock Production
August 31, 2009By Tracy Barfield
One of the excuses frequently used in objection to citing or expansion of livestock and poultry operations is that such operations result in negative health impacts for people residing in proximity...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Novel molecular approaches for the rapid detection of Salmonella from pork products and the pork processing environment
August 31, 2009By Doris D'Souza
Novel rapid, sensitive, and simple detection assays that can be routinely used to prevent the transmission of Salmonella in the pork industry are in high-demand. Reverse-transcriptase Loop-mediated...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Validation of Sanitation Procedures to Prevent the Cross Contact with Allergens during the Processing of Pork Products
August 2, 2009By Margaret Hardin
Allergens continue to be a challenge to the food industry from a public health standpoint as well as from a regulatory perspective. Several options exist to separate allergen-containing and...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Impact of organic acids and Quaternary Ammonium Compounds on Salmonella serovars with SGI1- mediated multi-antibiotic resistance
July 29, 2009By Mark A. Harrison
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Salmonella has been implicated in several infections and outbreaks worldwide; they have been linked to the consumption of contaminated products involving pork as well....
Pork Safety - Pre-Harvest
White Paper on Human Illness Caused by Salmonella from all Food and Non-food Vectors
July 8, 2009By Charles Kaspar
Salmonellosis continues to be an important foodborne disease in the U.S. and worldwide. Even though illness caused by salmonellae is usually not very severe, there are such a large number of cases...
Pork Safety - Post-Harvest
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in pigs, pork products and swine veterinarians
July 6, 2009By Peter Davies
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria found commonly on the skin and mucous membranes of mammals that can occasionally cause superficial or severe infections. Strains resistant to methicillin (MRSA)...