Because of their relative simplicity and the barriers to gene flow, islands are ideal systems to study the distribution of biodiversity. However, the knowledge that can be extracted from this peculiar ecosystem regarding epidemiology of economically relevant diseases has not been widely addressed. We used information available in the scientific literature for 10 old world islands or archipelago...

causes great havoc amongst cattle, being in great part disseminated in cotton cake and other feeding materials obtained from the interior. On the present occasion, cattle plague was introduced in September last into Shanghai from Tanyang on the Grand Canal in three herds of cattle imported by the German military authorities. The first herd consisted of 100 cattle, of which twelve infected anima...

A number of animal diseases can be transmitted to pigs via meat if the animals are fed scraps of meat imported from infected countries. For this reason, garbage feeding of pigs is regulated in many countries. The major porcine diseases recognised as being significant for this transmission pathway are foot and mouth disease, African swine fever, classical swine fever and swine vesicular disease....

Outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD), African swine fever (ASF), classical swine fever (CSF) and swine vesicular disease (SVD) can cause significant economic and social costs and severe trade limitations. A number of commodities may be contaminated with these hazards, including meat and meat products derived from infected animals. Great Britain (GB) enforces a number of regulations to prev...

The aim of this study was correlation determination between fat putrefaction indices and antioxidative enzymes in chicken, cattle and camel meat during refrigerated storage. Longissimus dorsi muscle of three Iranian dromedary one humped camel and three Holstein cattle and breast muscle of three broiler breeder chicken were obtained from the carcasses 3 days postmortem. The samples were ground a...

To the Editor: Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever, a tick-borne illness caused by Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), is endemic to Africa, the Balkans, the Middle East, and parts of Asia. The hard ticks (Ixodidae), especially those of the genus Hyalomma, serve as reservoirs and vectors for CCHFV, and a variety of animals, such as cattle, sheep, and camels, are considered amplifying hos...

In the United States, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that the number of foodborne illnesses annually is approximately 76 million cases, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. Of those, almost 14 million cases of foodborne illness, 60,854 hospitalizations, and 1,800 deaths are caused by known foodborne pathogens (Mead et al., 1999). The cost of hum...

25 Pre-slaughter stress has adverse effects on meat quality that can lead to the 26 occurrence of Dark Firm Dry (DFD) meat in cattle. This study explores the previously 27 uncharacterized proteome changes linked to pre-slaughter stress in the longissimus 28 thoracis (LT) bovine muscle. Differential proteome profiles of DFD and normal (non29 DFD) LT meat samples from male calves of Rubia Gallega...