Zoonotic Diseases of Swine: Food-borne and Occupational Aspects of Infection

Dipendra Thapaliya; Blake M Hanson; Ashley Kates; Cassandra A Klostermann; Rajeshwari Nair; Shylo E Wardyn; Tara C Smith

doi:10.1007/978-94-017-9457-2_2

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Zoonotic Diseases of Swine: Food-borne and Occupational Aspects of Infection

Dipendra Thapaliya, Blake M Hanson, Ashley Kates, Cassandra A Klostermann, Rajeshwari Nair, Shylo E Wardyn and Tara C Smith

Zoonoses - Infections Affecting Humans and Animals, pp.23-68

Springer Netherlands

12/09/2014

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9457-2_2

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Abstract

Swine and their products have become a central part of food systems around the world. Global pork production has rapidly increased over the past 30 years, leading to the intensification of the swine industry: though there are fewer farms now, those farms that do persist raise ever-larger numbers of animals. This increases the transmission of pathogens both amongst animal herds, and between animals and their human caretakers. Furthermore, increased stress to animals and the potential for amplification of pathogens in the farming environment can lead to a higher burden of disease-causing organisms in and on meat products, which then make their way to consumers world-wide. As such, swine and their meat products have the potential to introduce new zoonotic diseases into populations via multiple routes of transmission. Here we discuss several examples of zoonotic diseases of swine origin, reviewing diseases with bacterial, viral, or parasitic causes.

Influenza Virus

Japanese Encephalitis Virus

Personal Protective Equipment

Swine Influenza

Wild Boar

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Title: Subtitle: Zoonotic Diseases of Swine: Food-borne and Occupational Aspects of Infection
Creators: Dipendra Thapaliya - Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Lowa, USA
Blake M Hanson - Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Lowa, USA
Ashley Kates - Department of Epidemiology, University of Iowa, Lowa, USA
Cassandra A Klostermann - University of Iowa
Rajeshwari Nair - University of Iowa, General Internal Medicine
Shylo E Wardyn - University of Iowa, Otolaryngology
Tara C Smith - University of Iowa, Epidemiology
Resource Type: Book chapter
Publication Details: Zoonoses - Infections Affecting Humans and Animals, pp.23-68
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9457-2_2
Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Dordrecht
Language: English
Date published: 12/09/2014
Academic Unit: Epidemiology; General Internal Medicine; Otolaryngology; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984094741902771

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