A "cluster" of patients refers to the geographic proximity of unrelated patients with the same disease and suggests a common environmental cause for that disease. Clusters of patients with Crohn's disease have been linked to the presence of an infectious microorganism in unpasteurized milk and cheese, untreated water supplied by wells or springs, animal manure used as fertilizer for family vege...

Seven healthy subjects received, after an overnight fast, a single 200-mg oral dose of norfloxacin with water, whole milk, and unflavored yoghurt. Coadministration of milk or yoghurt reduced the extent of norfloxacin absorption and the mean peak concentration in plasma by approximately 50%. Taking of norfloxacin with these liquid dairy products should be avoided.

We investigated the effect of stage of pregnancy on estimates of breeding values for milk yield and milk persistency in Gyr and Holstein dairy cattle in Brazil. Test-day milk yield records were analyzed using random regression models with or without the effect of pregnancy. Models were compared using residual variances, heritabilities, rank correlations of estimated breeding values of bul...

The effects of milk and a standard breakfast on the oral absorption of enoxacin were evaluated in eight healthy volunteers in a randomized, balanced, four-way crossover study. After an overnight fast, 400 mg enoxacin was given with water, milk, a breakfast or with a breakfast and milk. The extent of enoxacin absorption was not affected by any of the three treatments, and no statistically signif...

Dairy cattle reared in western Kenya are exposed to medium to high levels of trypanosomosis risk. The social background, farm characteristics and dairy cattle productivity of 90 and 30 randomly selected farmers from medium- and high-risk trypanosomosis areas, respectively, were compared. All the 120 farmers were visited between July and August 2002. Data analysis was performed using descriptive...

C. Power1,2, Riona Sayers3, B. O’Brien3, A. Furey2, M. Danaher4 and K. Jordan1† 1Food Safety Department, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland 2Team Elucidate, Department of Chemistry, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland 3Teagasc Animal & Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland 4Food Safety Department, Teag...

Research goals were to understand perceptions and motivations of educated, older, Caucasian women relating to dairy food consumption. Results of focus group discussion were described according to important themes derived from analysis of all focus groups collectively. In this chapter, socioeconomic characteristics of participants, group dynamics and results of introductory activities are presen...

Introduction: The aim of this study is to evaluate the demographic, clinical and laboratory characteristics treatment results pediatric patients followed up with diagnosis brucellosis in our clinic.Methods: Patients who were Kayseri Training Research Hospital, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic between October 2016 December 2018 retrospectively analyzed.Results: A total 37 patients, 26 (70.3%...

BACKGROUND A cluster of E. coli O157:H7 hemorrhagic colitis was identified in metro Edmonton, Alberta through notifiable disease surveillance in late 2002. METHODS Environmental health officers collected food histories and clinical information from cases in the cluster. The provincial public health laboratory conducted pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) analysis on E. coli O157:H7 isolat...