Methods In this prospective cohort study in 50 pig farms in The Netherlands, human nasal samples were collected on 5 time points in 8 months. At start of the study, throat samples and environmental samples were taken. Persistent carriers were defined as persons with 100% of nasal samples positive for MRSA, non-carriers had no MRSA and intermittent carriers had at least one positive sample. Data...

Water A total of 100 water samples were collected from different poultry and cattle farms in Behera province to be evaluated bacteriologically to investigate the role of drinking water as a source of pathogenic and potentially pathogenic bacteria in different animal farms including cattle and poultry. The results of bacteriological examination of 25 water samples collected from broiler farms r...

A national survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of Escherichia coli O26, O103, O111, and O145 in feces of Scottish cattle. In total, 6,086 fecal pats from 338 farms were tested. The weighted mean percentages of farms on which shedding was detected were 23% for E. coli O26, 22% for E. coli O103, and 10% for E. coli O145. The weighted mean prevalences in fecal pats were 4.6% for E. co...

abstract: in order to study the effect of concomitant use of a probiotic with lactobacillus origin (primalac) and a coccidiosis vaccine (paracox-5) in experimental coccidial infection of broilers, 600 day old male broiler chickens were randomly divided into five groups of 120 with four replicates. groups three, four and five received probiotic , coccidiosis vaccine and probiotic + coccidiosis v...

Prevalence, causative factors, treatment, and preventative measures for O149:K91:F4 Escherichia coli infection of postweaning pigs was determined by using a cross-sectional study including 70 farms in Ontario. Surveys were distributed and samples cultured bacteriologically, resulting in 30% of farms testing positive to E. coli 0149:K91:F4. Possible causative factors, such as housing or nutritio...

the bias against mangrove areas in siting fish farms prompted a comparison of the cost structure and yield performance in upland and mangrove locations. tools utilized included descriptive statistics, budgetary and cash flow analyses and profitability ratios. empirical results revealed that substantial revenue could be realized from both farms. while the upland farms yielded average gross reven...