Food animals are important sources of high quality protein and revenue to man, and can also serve as vehicles for disease transmission. Apart from economic losses, diseased organs in slaughtered cattle can also be sources of epidemiologic and zoonotic threats to man if not detected and controlled. The study was conducted to evaluate the number of cattle slaughtered, prevalence, seasonal variati...

Bovine cysticercosis is an infection of cattle caused by Cysticercus bovis, the larval stage of Taenia saginata. It is an infection of public health significance as eating of raw or undercooked beef results taeniasis in human population and an important cause of economic loss mainly due to condemnation, refrigeration and downgrading of infected carcasses. Bovine cysticercosis is prevalent in ca...

EUFMD RG has requested the DFVF risk assessment group to share compiled information about the FMDV survival in meat products. The information below is taken from an ongoing study “Risks associated with imported meat from swine vaccinated against foot and mouth disease virus. A qualitative assessment”. Briefly, the scope of this risk assessment was a description of risk scenarios in the context ...

THE Sudan is one of the largest African countries with an area of about 2.5 million km2 and 18.5 million people. It is a predominantly agricultural country with a large development potential, especially in agriCUlture and livestock production. Its estimated agricultural land is more than 800 million ha although at present only about 7 million ha are under cultivation. Of the latter, only 1.6 mi...

We found that 12.1% of Belgian export meat samples from chicken or pork, unrelated to the PCB/dioxin crisis from 1999, contained more than 50 ng polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)/g fat and that 6.5% of samples contain more than 20 ng/g fat for the sum of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) and its metabolites. Part of this background contamination stems from imported animal feed ...

Agriculture on Miyakojima Island is highly dependent on imported fertilizer and feed. To reduce this dependence, the present research examines the biomass resources on the island by conducting a material flow analysis of stockbreeding and other related systems. To accurately quantify the amount of available biomass resources, loss ratios of the storage and composting processes are established. ...

The present cattle population of Bangladesh is 24.17 million (DLS, 2009). More than 80 percent of this cattle population is indigenous and rests of them are purebreds and crossbreds of different exotic breeds (Friesian, Jersey and Shahiwal) cattle, which is contributing a major share of livestock sub-sector and playing multi-functional roles (supply of milk, meat, skin, manure, carting etc.) in...

Livestock animal are important for agriculture economy and biomedical research. They sources of Milk, meat, carcass, organic manure other products. The development genome editing technologies, especially CRISPR-Cas have revolutionized the generation gene edited farm animals. In this review, we briefly introduce CRISPR-Cas9 technology highlight its application on livestock such as human disease ...

The 78 faunal remains recovered from the Ribadeo I shipwreck, identified as San Giacomo di Galizia galleon found at estuary of north-west Spain, represent a very small part meaty provisions that this 16th-century warship would have originally carried on board. Cattle, sheep, pig, goose and hake are species in three samples analysed. number cattle bulk-meat cuts axial skeleton fore/hind leg quar...

BACKGROUND Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) remains difficult to eradicate from low incidence regions partly due to the imperfect sensitivity and specificity of routine intradermal tuberculin testing. Herds with unconfirmed reactors that are incorrectly classified as bTB-negative may be at risk of spreading disease, while those that are incorrectly classified as bTB-positive may be subject to costly d...