Human infections with Salmonella Enteritidis are often attributed to the consumption of contaminated eggs, so the prevalence of this pathogen in egg-laying poultry is an important public health risk factor. Numerous and complex environmental influences on Salmonella persistence and transmission are exerted by management practices and housing facilities used in commercial egg production. In rece...

Real estate owned (REO) housing resulting from the recent foreclosure crisis threatens to destabilize lowand moderate-income neighborhoods across the country. Nonprofit organizations seeking to redevelop these properties into affordable housing face weak market conditions and operate with limited resources and capacity. This study presents a framework through which nonprofits can analyze REO re...

Salmonella enterica serotype Senftenberg (S. Senftenberg) has recently become more frequent in poultry flocks. Moreover some strains have been implicated in severe clinical cases. To explain the causes of this emergence in farm animals, 134 S. Senftenberg isolates from hatcheries, poultry farms and human clinical cases were analyzed. Persistent and non-persistent strains were identified in chic...

Fungi are present in abundance poultry housing. The aim of the study was to assess effect season and microclimate parameters housing on fungal flora air broiler trachea commercial fattening conditions. conducted summer winter. Study results indicated seasonal impact association between composition trachea. However, total count significantly higher winter, both correlated with indoor relative hu...

The bacterial eggshell contamination of shell eggs in different commercial housing systems; two conventional cages, one organic aviary system and one barn production, were compared. The total counts of aerobic bacteria and the total counts of Gramnegative bacteria on the shell were used to detect key points where contamination occurred and to study the progress of contamination in the egg handl...

Both epidemiologic analyses and active disease surveillance confirm an ongoing strong association between human salmonellosis and the prevalence of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Enteritidis in commercial egg flocks. The majority of human illnesses caused by this pathogen are attributed to the consumption of contaminated eggs. Animal welfare concerns have increasingly influence...

As federal support for affordable housing continues to decrease, programs such as state housing trust funds provide a critical, and often flexible, source of assistance. Thirty-four states across the nation currently maintain housing trust funds, an increase of 55% in the last ten years, reflecting the growing expertise and capacity of the implementing agencies in the face of federal devolution...

This paper uses restricted census microdata to examine housing values and rents for neighborhoods in the United States where power plants were opened during the 1990s. Compared to neighborhoods with similar housing and demographic characteristics, neighborhoods within two miles of plants experienced 3-7 percent decreases in housing values and rents with some evidence of larger decreases within ...

in nigeria, crowded housing is one of the housing stresses that bother policy-makers and housing authorities.this study examines the crowding levels in seven marital status categories among the occupants of lagos state development and property corporation’s apartments. the focus is on the capacity of an apartment’s internal spaces to meet the sleeping needs of households in different marital ar...