Knowledge gaps in host-parasite interaction preclude accurate assessment of meat-borne exposure to Toxoplasma gondii
(2017)
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Crotta, M., Limon, G., Blake, D. P., & Guitian, J. (2017). Knowledge gaps in host-parasite interaction preclude accurate assessment of meat-borne exposure to Toxoplasma gondii. International Journal of Food Microbiology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.12.010
Herd-level prevalence of selected endemic infectious diseases of dairy cows in Great Britain (2017)
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Velasova, M., Damaso, A., Chengat Prakashbabu, B., Gibbons, J., Wheelhouse, N., Longbottom, D., …Guitian, J. (2017). Herd-level prevalence of selected endemic infectious diseases of dairy cows in Great Britain. Journal of Dairy Science, 100(11), 9215-9233. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11863To implement appropriate and effective disease control programs at the national level, up-to-date and unbiased information on disease frequency is needed. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of selected endemic infectious diseases in... Read More about Herd-level prevalence of selected endemic infectious diseases of dairy cows in Great Britain.
Using mixed methods to assess food security and coping strategies: a case study among smallholders in the Andean region (2017)
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Limon, G., Fournié, G., Lewis, E. G., Dominguez-Salas, P., Leyton-Michovich, D., Gonzales-Gustavson, E. A., …Guitian, J. (2017). Using mixed methods to assess food security and coping strategies: a case study among smallholders in the Andean region. Food Security, 9(5), 1019-1040. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-017-0713-zInternational organizations and national governments in resource-scarce settings regularly support programs for the control of animal diseases with the aim of improving smallholder food security. However, the impact of such disease control programs o... Read More about Using mixed methods to assess food security and coping strategies: a case study among smallholders in the Andean region.
Evidence for more cost-effective surveillance options for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse) and scrapie in Great Britain (2017)
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Wall, B. A., Arnold, M. E., Radia, D., Gilbert, W., Ortiz-Pelaez, A., Staerk, K. D. C., …Guitian, J. (2017). Evidence for more cost-effective surveillance options for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse) and scrapie in Great Britain. Eurosurveillance, 22(32), 4. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.32.30594
Quantitative risk assessment of Campylobacter in broiler chickens - assessing interventions to reduce the level of contamination at the end of the rearing period (2017)
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Crotta, M., Georgiev, M., & Guitian, J. (2017). Quantitative risk assessment of Campylobacter in broiler chickens - assessing interventions to reduce the level of contamination at the end of the rearing period. Food Control, 75, 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2016.12.024
Towards an integrated food safety surveillance system: a simulation study to explore the potential of combining genomic and epidemiological metadata (2017)
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Hill, A. A., Crotta, M., Wall, B., Good, L., O'Brien, S. J., & Guitian, J. (2017). Towards an integrated food safety surveillance system: a simulation study to explore the potential of combining genomic and epidemiological metadata. Royal Society Open Science, 4, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160721Foodborne infection is a result of exposure to complex, dynamic food systems. The efficiency of foodborne infection is driven by ongoing shifts in genetic machinery. Next-generation sequencing technologies can provide high-fidelity data about the gen... Read More about Towards an integrated food safety surveillance system: a simulation study to explore the potential of combining genomic and epidemiological metadata.
Cross-Sectional Study of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Pig Farms in England (2017)
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Limon, G., Beauvais, W., Dadios, N., Villena, I., Cockle, C., Blaga, R., & Guitian, J. (2017). Cross-Sectional Study of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Pig Farms in England. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 14(5), 269-281. https://doi.org/10.1089/fpd.2016.2197
Effect of enhanced biosecurity and selected on-farm factors on Campylobacter colonization of chicken broilers (2017)
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Georgiev, M., Beauvais, W., & Guitian, J. (2017). Effect of enhanced biosecurity and selected on-farm factors on Campylobacter colonization of chicken broilers. Epidemiology and Infection, 145(3), 553-567. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095026881600251X
High Prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus in Young Dromedary Camels in Jordan (2017)
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Van Doremalen, N., Hijazeen, Z. S., Holloway, P. M., Al Omari, B., McDowell, C., Adney, D., …Richt, J. A. (2017). High Prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus in Young Dromedary Camels in Jordan. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 17(2), 155-159. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2016.2062Prevalence of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was determined in 45 dromedary camels from two geographically separated herds in Jordan. Virus shedding was only detected in swabs obtained from the respiratory tract and primarily... Read More about High Prevalence of Middle East Respiratory Coronavirus in Young Dromedary Camels in Jordan.
Eimeria species occurrence varies between geographic regions and poultry production systems and may influence parasite genetic diversity (2017)
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Chengat Prakashbabu, B., Thenmozhi, V., Limon, G., Kundu, K., Kumar, S., Garg, R., …Blake, D. P. (2017). Eimeria species occurrence varies between geographic regions and poultry production systems and may influence parasite genetic diversity. Veterinary Parasitology, 233, 62-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2016.12.003Coccidiosis is one of the biggest challenges faced by the global poultry industry. Recent studies have highlighted the ubiquitous distribution of all Eimeria species which can cause this disease in chickens, but intriguingly revealed a regional divid... Read More about Eimeria species occurrence varies between geographic regions and poultry production systems and may influence parasite genetic diversity.