a U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Microbial Food Safety Research Unit, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA b U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, 14th and Independence S.W., Washington, DC 20250, USA c Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research, School of Agricultural Science, University...

La sirénomélie est une forme rare de dysgénésie caudale généralement incompatible avec la vie du fait des malformations rénales graves qui y sont associées. En Afrique, elle est associée à des considérations mystico-religieuses et à la sorcellerie et expose la famille à une stigmatisation violente. Son étiologie est encore très controversée. A notre connaissance, il s'agit du premier cas congol...

STEVEN J. LEHOTAY U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, 600 East Mermaid Ln, Wyndmoor, PA 19038 ANDRÉ DE KOK, MAURICE HIEMSTRA, and PETER VAN BODEGRAVEN Dutch Food and Consumer Products Safety Authority–Food Inspection Service (VWA-KvW), Region North West, Research and Development Department, Pesticide Analysis Group, Hoogte Kadijk 401,...

a Microbial Food Safety Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 600 E. Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, United States b U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Service, 14th and Independence S.W., Washington, DC 20250, United States c Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,...

If the mermaid legend evokes more of mythology than of pathology, its origin very probably lies in ancient observations of certain types of human monstrosities. Human sirens are not as rare as is sometimes thought; I have been able to examine two cases within the past year, and during that time I have been told of several others. I shall talk today of the usual findings and attempt to draw cert...

Effects of aging on functional properties of caprine milk made into Cheddarand Colby-like cheeses D.W. Olson a,1, D.L. Van Hekken a,∗, M.H. Tunick a, K.A. Soryal b, S.S. Zeng c a Dairy Processing and Products Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, ARS-USDA, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA b Animal and Poultry Division, Desert Research Center, Matareya, Cairo, Egypt c E ...

In the US, marine mammals are protected by the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Most of these species are listed by Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and thus international trade in their products is restricted. Therefore, commercial sale of unfossilized marine mammal bone is largely prohibited. Sale ...

Sir,?On 6th October morning, I was called upon to see an infant bom at 9 a.m. the same day. The infant's body was normal down to the pelvis; but both the lower extremities from the hip joint down to the feet -were joined. There was no big joint visible below the pelvis. This whole structure was slightly bent with concavity at its dorsum. All the ten toes ^ere normal and presented the appearance...