Salmonella and Campylobacter are generally regarded as the most important foodborne pathogens in the world. Reduction or elimination of these pathogens in the first part of the food chain (on-farm) is important to prevent disease among consumers of animal products. Rodents are frequently associated with infrastructural damages and eating or spoiling of stored feed and products, but the veterina...

Real-time centimeter-level positioning using carrier phase differential GPS (CDGPS) has countless applications in land vehicles. Automobiles, aircraft on taxiways, construction equipment, and farm tractors are just a few types of the vehicles that could benefit from a reliable, accurate sensor producing high-bandwidth position measurements. Most CDGPS systems currently available are initialized...

Alternative methods for applying livestock manure to no-till soils involve environmental and economic trade-offs. A process-level farm simulation model (Integrated Farm System Model) was used to evaluate methods for applying liquid dairy (Bos taurus L.) and swine (Sus scrofa L.) manure, including no application, broadcast spreading with and without incorporation by tillage, band application wit...

OBJECTIVES To assess the physical strains of employees in the German offshore wind industry, according to job type and phase of the wind farm (under construction or operation). DESIGN Web-based cross-sectional survey. SETTING Offshore wind farm companies operating within the German exclusive economic zone. PARTICIPANTS Male workers with regular offshore commitments and at least 28 days sp...

This study presents an econometric examination of the joint decisions of farmers on the adoption of a microcomputer and (or) purchased computers services. The characteristics of a farmer-schooling, age, off-farm work-are shown to be important variables for explaining the odds of adopting purchased computers services only, a microcomputer only, and both computer technologies. Adoption of compute...

Microbial damages caused by biofilm forming bacteria in the dairy industry are a fundamental threat to safety and quality of dairy products. In order to ensure the optimal level of equipment hygiene in the dairy industry, it is necessary to determine the biofilm removal efficiency of cleaning agents used for cleaning-in-place (CIP) procedures. However, currently there is no standard method avai...

When rubber equipment in a milking system ages, physical and chemical deterioration occurs and cracks, crevices, as well as deposits of organic and inorganic material is formed on the surface. Bacterial colonization can accumulate, especially on ageing rubber equipment and if the cleaning procedure is not functioning properly. Formation of biofilm in milking equipment could in turn cause bacter...

PROBLEM The study examined risk factors for fatal versus serious injuries of construction workers' falls through roofs. METHOD Fatal injury falls (N = 10) were matched against serious injury falls (N = 10), and descriptive analyses were carried out retrospectively of investigation reports. RESULTS Fatal injuries occurred predominantly on farms, in the afternoon, and without the use of passi...

Beginning in the mid-1970s, standard small-bale forage balers began to be replaced by large-bale balers in the agricultural industry. The chance for serious injury or death to workers grows with the size and weight of bales. Bales that weigh more than 750 pounds put workers at especially high risk. According to NIOSH analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occ...