The waste treatment facilities and final effluents of 11 meat-packing plants in the Province of Alberta were investigated primarily to determine the numbers of indicator bacteria and the presence of Salmonella. This was done to discover the efficiency of the treatment systems presently in operation in reducing bacterial numbers and to establish the need for disinfection and for bacterial standa...

Fecal contamination of bedding has been associated with coliform mastitis caused by E. coli, while coliform mastitis caused by Klebsiella spp. is associated with wet sawdust and wood shavings.(1) Coliform mastitis has an average incidence rate of 15% to 20% in herds with low somatic cell counts (SCC) and is implicated in 30% to 40% of clinical cases. It is a common cause of fatal mastitis in ca...

background: due to the lack of proper rail road and air transportation, most commutes in iran are carried out by buses. in most cases, the water in the busses is used for passengers for drinking usage. although this kind of water source has provided convince for the travelers, it could be a great risk in disease outbreak. the aim of this study is to determine the water quality in commuting buse...

Three fluorogenic methylumbelliferone (MU) substrates were evaluated for rapid detection of total and fecal coliform bacteria (TC and FC) in drinking water. 4-MU-beta-D-galactoside, MU-heptanoate, and MU-glucuronide were used to determine enzyme activity as a surrogate measure of coliform concentration. Coliforms occurring in river water and in potable water artificially contaminated with raw s...

with aim for identification of contaminative and critical points of raw milk during production in 9 selected industrial dairy farms, 408 raw milk samples were collected from udders, milking machine, cooling tank and milk transport vehicle at receiving platform in dairy plant. samples were examined for total microbial, coliform ande. coli count and also acidity and ph. total microbial count of s...

Criticism of journalists for creating confusion and needless anxiety is sometimes fully justified. On other occasions, at least part of the blame lays elsewhere. Consider the following. A headline in the Sunday Times on 14 May read: “Killer bug alert over organic vegetables.” The story continued “Tesco yesterday withdrew all organic mushrooms from its shelves after routine checks by environment...

This study was conducted to evaluate the microbial load in flesh and gills of mud crab (Scylla serrata) collected from Nagendra Bazar area Diamond Harbour South 24 Parganas district West Bengal, India. The period collection coincided with Pre-COVID-19 phase (June 2018 June 2019) COVID lockdown 2020 2021). It is observed that total coliform loads both muscle are more pre-COVID compared phase. AN...