Monday, July 29, 2013: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
217BC (Charlotte Convention Center)
Primary Contact:
Jeffrey LeJeune
Organizers:
Lawrence Goodridge
,
Mary Torrence
and
Jeffrey LeJeune
Convenors:
Jeffrey LeJeune
,
Mary Torrence
,
Kevin Allen
and
Paula Fedorka-Cray
Although wild game represents only a very small fraction of the food supply in most developed countries, wildlife may be indirectly contributing to microbial food safety hazards in the food chain. Wildlife may serve as a reservoir of a large number of zoonotic pathogens. Approximately 75% of all new and emerging pathogens have putative wildlife reservoirs. This symposium will explore the role that a variety of terrestrial and avian species have in transmitting infections to food animals and contamination of the food supply with zoonotic pathogens and antibiotic resistant organisms. This symposium is sponsored in-part by a competitive grant (2011-51110-31199; LeJeune, PI) awarded by the USDA, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, National Integrated Food Safety Initiative.
Presentations
Alfred Hitchcock and the Safety of Your Burger: The Role of Wild Birds in Disseminating Pathogens to Cattle
Been There, Done That: A Scoping Study of Foodborne Pathogen Literature at the Wildlife:Livestock Interface
Bats in the Belfry: Contamination of the Food Supply with Nipah Virus in Bangladesh
What’s Mine is Yours, and What’s Yours is Mine? Sharing of Antibiotic Resistant Flora between Livestock and Wildlife
Who Has Been Eating Your Salad before It Got to Your Plate? Wildlife Intrusion in Vegetable Production
Raccoons at the Trough: Role of Wild Mammals in Disseminating AMR Bacteria to and from Feedlots
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