Raw milk-associated foodborne infections: a scoring system for the risk-based categorisation of raw dairy farms.
Res Vet Sci
; 95(1): 69-75, 2013 Aug.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23485171
ABSTRACT
A pilot study was implemented in the Veneto Region of Italy, aimed at classifying dairy farms which produce milk to be commercialised unpasteurised on the basis of their risk of faecal contamination of milk, which is directly correlated to the probability of a foodborne pathogen, if present in the herd and eliminated through faecal excretion, to contaminate the raw product. Factors considered to be relevant in the definition of the risk of pathogens potentially present in animal faeces to be transmitted to milk, were hierarchically structured, weighted through the application of experts elicitation methods (Analytic Hierarchy Process, Delphi) and used to categorise farms through the application of a herd questionnaire. The probability of faecal contamination of milk, and thus the risk of pathogens transfer appears to be modulated more by farm management than by the structure of the farm or the health status of the herd. Such a method, combined with the microbiological evaluation of the prevalence of faecal excretion of such pathogens, can be used to implement a risk-based surveillance programme and to apply targeted control measures.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
3_ND
Problema de salud:
3_neglected_diseases
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3_zoonosis
Asunto principal:
Bovinos
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Industria Lechera
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Leche
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Heces
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Enfermedades Transmitidas por los Alimentos
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Patient_preference
Límite:
Animals
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Res Vet Sci
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia