Tracking salmonella on the farm: a farrow to finish study
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The SafePork conference series began in 1996 to bring together international researchers, industry, and government agencies to discuss current Salmonella research and identify research needs pertaining to both pig and pork production. In subsequent years topics of research presented at these conferences expanded to include other chemical and biological hazards to pig and pork production.
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The cost associated with food borne related illness in humans is estimated to be between $7.7 and $8.4 billion dollars annually and for the period 1973-1987 Salmonella accounted for 42% of the outbreaks and 51% of the cases (I). Pork was implicated as the food vehicle for 25 outbreaks during this period. In other studies (2), pork was responsible for II% of the Salmonella outbreaks attributed to meat. The presence of Salmonella spp. in meat animals has resulted in salmonellosis becoming the most important zoonosis in developed countries.