Zoonotic pathogens in the food chain / edited by Denis O. Krause, Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and Stephen Hendrick, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.

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Globalization of the food supply and the spread of disease / Susan C. Cook and Sylvia Checkley -- Epidemiology of pathogens in the food supply / Susan C. Cook -- Manure as a source of zoonotic pathogens / Gabriel J. Milinovich and Athol V. Klieve -- Animal feed as a source of zoonotic pathogens / Richard A. Holley -- Milk and raw milk consumption as a vector for human disease / Stephen P. Oliver and Shelton E. Murinda -- The contribution of antibiotic residues and antibiotic resistance genes from livestock operations to antibiotic resistance in the environment and food chain / Pei-Ying Hong, Anthony Yannarell and Roderick I. Mackie -- On-farm mitigation of enteric pathogens to prevent human disease / Trevor W. Alexander, Kim Stanford and Tim A. McAllister -- Organic agriculture and its contribution to zoonotic pathogens / Bastiaan G. Meerburg and Fred H.M. Borgsteede -- Zoonotic implications of avian and swine influenza / Juan C. Rodriguez-Lecompte, Sudhanshu Sekhar and Tomy Joseph -- Crohn's disease in humans and Johne's diseases in cattle: linked diseases? / Herman W. Barkerma, Stephen Hendrick, Jeroen M. De Buck, Subrata Ghosh, Gilaad G. Kaplan and Kevin P. Rioux -- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies as a case study in policy development for zoonoses / Michael Trevan.

Abstract: This book focuses on food safety issues and discusses how livestock production may affect human health in general. Chapter 1 of this book describes the transformation of the food supply from a local activity to a global activity, and the problems with food safety that globalization brings. Chapter 2 gives a reasonably comprehensive list of zoonoses that are, and are likely to be in the future, high on the list of important pathogens. Manure, the subject of Chapter 3, has always been a concern because it is one of the most important sources of disease to humans, but a less well-studied source of zoonoses in the food supply is the actual feed that comes on to or leaves a farm (Chapter 4). In the past, pasteurization had a critical role in making the milk supply safe for humans, but more recently there has been a trend towards the use of raw (non-pasteurized) milk (Chapter 5), partly because of a public concern with the use of antimicrobials in the food production system and the potential implications of this for human health (Chapter 6). As a result of these new challenges in securing the food supply, a number of on-farm mitigation strategies have been developed (Chapter 7). Organic agriculture has become popular partly because of the concerns raised by antibiotics in food production, and some regard organic production as a mitigation strategy for food safety in general (Chapter 8). However, food safety is a dynamic area, and mitigation strategies will be updated in the light of new threats to human health such as avian (and swine) influenza (Chapter 9), and Crohn's disease in humans (Chapter 10). The last chapter (Chapter 11) is a very interesting case study that illustrates what happens when a human disease threat posed by animal agriculture becomes public. This chapter examines the course of events and the policy development surrounding the outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the UK, with some comparative data from North America also included.

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This book focuses on food safety issues and discusses how livestock production may affect human health in general. Chapter 1 of this book describes the transformation of the food supply from a local activity to a global activity, and the problems with food safety that globalization brings. Chapter 2 gives a reasonably comprehensive list of zoonoses that are, and are likely to be in the future, high on the list of important pathogens. Manure, the subject of Chapter 3, has always been a concern because it is one of the most important sources of disease to humans, but a less well-studied source of zoonoses in the food supply is the actual feed that comes on to or leaves a farm (Chapter 4). In the past, pasteurization had a critical role in making the milk supply safe for humans, but more recently there has been a trend towards the use of raw (non-pasteurized) milk (Chapter 5), partly because of a public concern with the use of antimicrobials in the food production system and the potential implications of this for human health (Chapter 6). As a result of these new challenges in securing the food supply, a number of on-farm mitigation strategies have been developed (Chapter 7). Organic agriculture has become popular partly because of the concerns raised by antibiotics in food production, and some regard organic production as a mitigation strategy for food safety in general (Chapter 8). However, food safety is a dynamic area, and mitigation strategies will be updated in the light of new threats to human health such as avian (and swine) influenza (Chapter 9), and Crohn's disease in humans (Chapter 10). The last chapter (Chapter 11) is a very interesting case study that illustrates what happens when a human disease threat posed by animal agriculture becomes public. This chapter examines the course of events and the policy development surrounding the outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the UK, with some comparative data from North America also included.

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Zoonotic pathogens in the food chain / edited by Denis O. Krause, Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and Stephen Hendrick, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.