Microbial food safety in animal agriculture : current topics / Mary E. Torrence, Richard E. Isaacson [editors].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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