Archive for the “animal deseases” Category

Jun 26 2010

Cysticercosis. (Pork Tapeworm Infection)

Posted by Andrew Routledge in Pork, animal deseases, contaminated pork, fecal contamination, tapeworm infection, tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

Cysticercosis is an intestinal infection by the adult tapeworm or cestode. Infection with the tapeworm lavae causes cysticercosis in humans.

Comments 2 Comments »

May 31 2010

Mad Cow Desease

Posted by Andrew Routledge in Beef, Farming / Food production, animal deseases, dairy industry, export of food, food industry, food safety, tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The thing that farmers and industrialists alike are constantly looking for is protein types that the bacteria resident with the rumen will not recognise and therefore will pass through the rumen unaffected into the true stomach where they will passed into the bloodstream through the cows intestine.

Comments 28 Comments »