Foodborne diseases, in particular those related to meat and meat products, have recently become a matter of great public concern. Sheep and goat meat can transmit infections and diseases either through handling during preparation procedures or as a result of ingestion by the consumer. The authors highlight the second route of contamination in relation to meat and meat products from small rumina...

BACKGROUND Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) is a frequent cause of nosocomial infections. During last few years, the mortality rate of C. difficile infection (CDI) increased in healthcare facilities. This organism has become a major public health concern in developed nations. Because of the increasing incidence of acquired-CDI (CA-CDI) and notable genetic overlap between C. difficile isolat...

A differential display was performed to analyze differential gene expression in the brains of mice in association with dietary high beef-tallow. Consumption of a high beef-tallow diet downregulated the expression of ADP-ribosylation factor-like protein 8B (Arl8B) mRNA in the brain. Arl8B mRNA was widely expressed in the mouse brain, including primary neuronal cells. The current study indicates ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the organogelation potential tallow fat (TF) and partially hydrolyzed (HTF) against saturated monoglyceride (MG) a + diglyceride mixture (MDG) as organogelators. TF itself created oleogel at 30% addition level, while HTF, MG MDG oleogels were prepared 10% levels. Fatty acid composition data showed that HTF (HTFO) quite similar those oleogels. Solid content,...

A study was conducted to differentiate lard, chicken fat, beef fat and mutton fat using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) and Elemental Analyzer-Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (EA-IRMS). The comparison of overall fatty acid data showed that lard and chicken fat share common characteristics by having palmitic, oleic and linoleic acid as major fatty acids while beef and mutton fats sh...

Mushin, Rose (University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) and Frances M. Ashburner. Gastrointestinal microflora of mutton birds (Puffinus tenuirostris) in relation to "limy" disease. J. Bacteriol. 83:1260-1267. 1962.-The aerobic bacterial intestinal flora of mutton birds, healthy and affected with "limy" disease, was investigated, mainly in birds from Great Dog Island, Bass Strait, Australia....

The mutton snapper Lutjanus analis is an overexploited species of economic importance for the Northeast region of Brazil. To determine the reproductive aspects of the mutton snapper, biological data were sampled from Bahia, Pernambuco, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará States, between 7 and 200m depth, from February 1997 to December 1999, performed in the Brazilian Economic Exclusive Zone ...

OBJECTIVE To determine seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis, assess its zoonotic importance and identify factors associated with seroprevalence. DESIGN Questionnaire survey and serological studies. SUBJECTS Questionnaire survey and 65 serum samples from male and female urban and peri-urban residents aged between 15 days and 65 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Feeding habits, purpose of keeping cat...

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of different dietary fatty acid profiles on efficiency of energy, fat, nitrogen, and fatty acid deposition in broiler chickens. Sixty female broiler chickens were fed a basal diet without additional fat or with 4 other diets with different fats (tallow, olive, sunflower, and linseed oils) at 10% from 28 to 48 d of age. Among broilers fed diets w...