Microbial food safety in animal agriculture : current topics /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Torrence, Mary E., Isaacson, Richard E., 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ames, Iowa : Iowa State Press, 2003.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Overview of food safety
  • U.S. Federal activities, initiatives, and research in food safety
  • Academic activities in food safety : centers, consortia, and initiatives
  • Food animal industry activities in food safety
  • pt. 2. Antimicrobial resistance in foodborne organisms
  • Epidemiology and ecology of antimicrobial resistance
  • Antimicrobial susceptibility testing methodologies
  • Antibiotics : mode of action, mechanisms of resistance, and transfer
  • Regulatory activities of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration designed to control antimicrobial resistance in foodborne pathogens
  • Prevention and control activities to address antimicrobial resistance
  • pt. 3. Salmonella spp
  • The epidemiology and ecology of salmonella in meat-producing animals
  • Salmonella detection methods
  • Genetics and pathogenesis of salmonella
  • Foodborne salmonella infections
  • Molecular pathobiology and epidemiology of egg-contaminating Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis
  • Multiple antibiotic resistance and virulence of Salmonella enterica serotype typhimurium phage type DT104
  • pt. 4. Escherichia coli O157:H7
  • The epidemiology of Escherichia coli O157:H7
  • Detection and diagnosis of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in food-producing animals
  • Molecular and population genetics of virulence traits in Escherichia coli O157:H7
  • Prevention and control of Escherichia coli O157:H7
  • pt. 5. Campylobacter spp.
  • Epidemiology of campylobacter spp. in animals
  • Detection of campylobacter
  • In vitro and in vivo models used to study campylobacter jejuni virulence properties
  • Campylobacter : control and prevention
  • pt. 6. Listeria monocytogenes
  • Epidemiology of listeriosis
  • Detection and diagnosis of listeria and listeriosis in animals
  • Foodborne outbreaks of listeriosis and epidemic-associated lineages of listeria monocytogenes
  • Listeria monocytogenes
  • pt. 7. Risk assessment
  • Microbial risk assessment
  • Sampling techniques for foodborne pathogens in animals and animal products
  • The Salmonella enteriditis risk assessment
  • Characterizing the risk of antimicrobial use in food animals : fluoroquinolone-resistant campylobacter from consumption of chicken
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy : risk assessment and governmental policy
  • A risk assessment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef
  • pt. 8. Emerging issues
  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
  • Caliciviruses and other potential foodborne viruses
  • Paratuberculosis : a food safety concern?
  • Toxoplasma gondii
  • Aquaculture and pre-harvest food safety
  • Antimicrobial residues and residue detection in milk and dairy products