Turkey Meat as Source of CC9/ CC398 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Humans? TO THE EDITOR—Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aure-us (MRSA) of clonal complex (CC) 398 were first reported to cause severe infections in humans in 2005 [1]. Direct animal exposure is considered the most effective means of MRSA CC398 transmission from livestock to humans. However...

Poultry housing Improvements to poultry housing systems in developing countries have focused on providing an environment that satisfies the birds’ thermal requirements. Newly hatched birds have a poor ability to control body temperature, and require some form of supplementary heating, particularly in the first few days after hatch. Many developing countries are located in tropical areas where m...

There are many slaughter procedures that religions and cultures use around the world. The two that are commercially relevant are the halal and kosher methods practiced by Muslims and Jews respectively. The global trade in red meat and poultry produced using these two methods is substantial, thus the importance of the quality of the meat produced using the methods. Halal and kosher slaughter per...

Most previous studies of meat intake and total or cause-specific mortality were conducted in North America, whereas studies in other areas have been limited and reported inconsistent results. This study investigated the association of red meat or poultry intake with risk of total and cause-specific mortality, including cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD), in two large population-based prosp...

In the Netherlands Salmonella Paratyphi B variant Java increased in poultry from less than 2% of all isolates before 1996 to 60% in 2002. Despite exposure to contaminated meat is high, human patients with Java infection are rare (0.3% of all isolates). However, 50% of the human isolates showed PFGE profiles identical to the poultry clone. Resistance to flumequin in S. Java increased from 3% bet...

ABSTRACT Brazil is the largest exporter of chicken meat and poultry farming one most important productive segments, despite major losses due to bacterium Escherichia coli, which also a zoonotic microorganism. The objetive this study was isolate E. coli evaluate its transmissibility potential from field using Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) technique. Environmental samples (poultry litte...

In recent years poultry meat became the main animal protein for human consumption on a global level with continuous increase being predicted [...]

Department of Food Technology/ Meat Technology Section, University of Helsinki, Finland, has focused on interactions between pig (and poultry) physiology and meat quality. The special emphasis in muscle physiology has been put on the effects of growth rate, fibre type distribution, fibre sizes in relation to oxidative capacity, especially carbohydrate metabolism. Also the strength of connective...

Commercial poultry production is rapidly expanding worldwide to meet the needs of the increasing human population. Further, with the reduced cost and enhanced incomes the per capita poultry meat consumption is increasing. Many poor and middle class farmers in developing countries are taking up poultry to supplement their income and this industry has become a major income source to them. The ind...