Methods This study focuses on the whole carcass condemnations (WCC) of cattle slaughtered in Switzerland between 2007 and 2012 (1). The monthly time series was retrospectively modelled using the function {hhh4} in the R {surveillance} package (2). The mean monthly incidence was decomposed additively into an auto-regressive component; and an endemic component multiplied by the offset to adjust f...

We determined the antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella serovars from a total of 154 (44 chilling waters and 110 carcasses) samples collected from 22 poultry slaughterhouses. Standard culture techniques, Kauffmann-White slide agglutination and disc diffusion tests were used to isolate, and identify the serovars and to assess the antimicrobial activity, respectively. A total of 88 isolates belo...

In this study, we reported the morphogenetic analysis and genome sequence by genomic analysis of the newly isolated staphylococcal phage SMSAP5 from soil of slaughterhouses for cattle. Based on transmission electron microscopy evident morphology, phage SMSAP5 belonged to the Siphoviridae family. Phage SMSAP5 had a double-stranded DNA genome with a length of 45,552 bp and 33 % G+C content. Bioin...

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is very common in the southern part of Rio Grande do Sul State where sheep and cattle raising is the most important economical activity. Prevalence in intermediate hosts is well known due to reports in slaughterhouses while human reports are of discussed value. This is due to underreporting of cases and few epidemiological studies make it difficult to assess the situa...

foods with animal origins play a substantial role in the transmission of helicobacter pylori. the present investigation was carried out to study the vaca and caga genotypes status of h. pylori isolated from various types of meat samples. two hundred and twenty meat samples were collected and cultured. h. pylori-positive strains were analyzed for the presence of vaca and caga genotypes. eleven o...

Psittacosis is a zoonotic infectious disease that is caused by Chlamydophila psittaci. To determine the occupational risk of getting the infection, we investigated the seroprevalence of C. psittaci among employees of two German duck farms and two slaughterhouses according to their level of exposure to the pathogen during the years 2010, 2007, and 2004. In summary, we found low seroprevalence (≈...

In the supply chain of foodstuffs derived from livestock, data consistency and security are most important thing to pay attention to. However, length existing lack facilities store maintain correctness livestock problems in ensuring data. The use blockchain has existed Indonesia, but its scope is only agriculture or a small part chain. Therefore, this research was conducted develop application ...

To match products of different quality with end market preferences under supply uncertainty, it is crucial to integrate product quality information in logistics decision making. We present a case of this integration in a meat processing company that faces uncertainty in delivered livestock quality. We develop a stochastic programming model that exploits historical product quality delivery data ...