Zoonotic waterborne pathogen loads in livestock
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This chapter provides an overview on the prevalence and environmental load of waterborne zoonotic pathogens of public health importance shed in the excreta of livestock. Chapter 2 presents the five zoonotic pathogens that will be reviewed in this book: Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia duodenalis, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella, and Campylobacter. These protozoa and bacteria are important disease-causing agents and satisfy the three criteria agreed to be classified as priority one waterborne zoonotic pathogens associated with livestock populations: capacity to induce clinical illness in susceptible humans,
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