Bacteriological effects of hydraulically dredging polluted bottom sediment in the navigation channel of the Upper Mississippi River (river mile 827.5 [about 1,332 km] to 828.1 [about 1,333 km]) were investigated. Bottom sediment in the dredging site contained high total coliform densities (about 6,800 most-probable-number total coliform index per g [dry weight] and 3,800 membrane filter total c...

It is important that indicators of fecal pollution are reliable. Coliform bacteria are a commonly used indicator of fecal pollution. As other investigators have reported elsewhere, we observed a seasonal pattern of coliform bacteria detections in domestic wells in New Jersey. Examination of a statewide database of 10 years of water quality data from 93,447 samples, from 78,207 wells, generated ...

Raeini breed is the most productive Cashmere goat in Iran. Helminthes infections cause major economiclosses globally to the livestock industries and farming communities. The objective of this study was todetermine the seasonal prevalence and intensity of Eimeria and gastrointestinal helminth parasitic infectionsin Raeini goats in Iran. A total of 438 faecal samples were randomly taken from clin...

The purpose of this study was to determine the optimum membrane filter structure and characteristics for recovery of coliform organisms. Additionally, other factors such as sterilization method and membrane composition were examined. Fecal coliform growth tests with varied samples indicated that the most critical factor in recovery was surface pore morphology and not other factors previously su...

Inadequate safe and portable water supply particularly in underdeveloped developing countries has been associated with posing serious public health implications, especially as related diseases continue to be a major challenge resource limited settings worldwide. Physicochemical bacteriological parameters of borehole spring sources sub-urban community were assessed determine their potability cor...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Sanitization of Lettuce according to the protocols set forth by Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education for reducing populations of total coliform, fecal coliform, and helminth eggs present on lettuce. METHODS In the present study, we determined the load of total coliform, fecal coliform, and parasites of lettuce....

Twenty-five weaned 35-day-old piglets were used in a 35-day growth experiment to evaluate the effect of inclusion of chicory and ribwort forage in a cereal-based diet on growth performance, feed intake, digestibility and shedding of faecal coliform bacteria. A total of seven experimental diets were formulated, a cereal-based basal diet (B), and six diets with inclusion of 40, 80 and 160 g/kg ch...

1Department of Environmental Biology and Health, CSIR Water Research Institute, Accra, Ghana 2Department of Environmental Engineering, University of Energy and Natural Resources Sunyani, Ghana 3Department of Agriculture, Methodist University, Wenchi Campus, Brong Ahafo, Ghana 4Department of Environmental Resources, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, Netherlands 5UNESCO Regional Sc...