Example sentences for: livestock

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  • In total, 113 comments were received from representatives of state and foreign governments, international economic and political organizations, veterinary associations, state departments of agriculture, livestock industry associations, exporting and importing industry associations, and other interested parties.

  • Brucellosis is a worldwide zoonotic disease caused by a number of host-adapted species of the gram-negative bacterial genus Brucella . In addition to the economic losses caused by reproductive failure in a number of important livestock animals, accidental transmission of the disease to humans can occur through animal husbandry, meat processing activities or ingestion of contaminated unpasteurized milk.

  • The New York Times leads with farm troubles in the northern plains, caused by low wheat and livestock prices.

  • The true gluttons appear to be the nation's retailers, who have done little to pass lower livestock costs on to consumers.

  • Foodborne outbreaks of cryptosporidiosis in which the vehicle of transmission was identified are few and only one outbreak in Maine was definitively associated with contaminated fresh-pressed apple cider [ 28 ] . Other foodborne outbreaks due to cryptosporidiosis have implicated food handlers [ 29 ] and social events [ 30 31 ] . Person-to-person outbreaks have been better documented, such as those in hospitals [ 32 33 34 35 36 37 ] and day care centers [ 38 39 ] . It is becoming increasingly evident that cryptosporidiosis is one of the multitude of enteric pathogens that is endemic in hospital and day care settings [ 40 41 42 43 ] . Other routes of exposure to Cryptosporidium may be responsible for sporadic disease in the general population such as specific sexual contact with an infected individual [ 44 45 46 ] , travel to endemic countries [ 47 48 49 50 ] , and contact with animals, both domestic and livestock [ 1 2 51 52 ] . Recent studies in Australia have demonstrated that exposure to persons with diarrhea and swimming in public pools rather than consumption of untreated tap water are the sources of community-acquired cryptosporidiosis in that country [ 53 ] . The relative contribution for each of these modes of transmission to the total burden of sporadic cryptosporidiosis among immunocompetent persons continues to be unknown in the U.S.


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