| mortality and incidence of cancer among a cohort of self employed butchers from geneva and their wives. | to investigate whether specific cancers are associated with the occupation of butcher, as has been reported from other countries, a historical prospective cohort study was undertaken. the cohort consisted of all self employed butchers (n = 552) and pork butchers (n = 310) born since 1880 who set up a shop in the canton of geneva from 1901 to 1969, and of their wives (n = 887). the study group was followed up from 1901 to 1990 for general mortality, from 1942 to 1990 for cause specific mortality, ... | 1993 | 8280626 |
| a swiss population-based assessment of dietary habits before and after the march 1996 'mad cow disease' crisis. | to assess differences in dietary habits in the general population of geneva, switzerland, after the 1996 (bse) crisis. | 1999 | 10099949 |
| [malignant catarrhal fever in switzerland. 1.epidemiology]. | malignant catarrhal fever (mcf) is a usually fatal infectious disease of cattle with global distribution. based on the recent introduction of a diagnostic pcr assay and a competitive inhibition elisa (cielisa) epidemiological data were collected on field cases in switzerland. throughout a three-year period, an mcf incidence of 0.6@1000 was observed, with a gradient of cases from eastern to western switzerland. while the cantons wallis, vaud and geneva reported no and the remaining western canton ... | 2001 | 11344942 |
| impact of 'mad cow disease' publicity on trends in meat and total vitamin a consumption in geneva between 1993 and 2000. | in march 1996, revelations about the possible risk for humans of the 'mad cow disease' epidemic had a sudden impact on the diets of european populations. | 2003 | 12548314 |
| contribution to the knowledge of swiss piroplasmas. | the authors identify 3 species of babesia, which parasitize cattle in switzerland (babesia major, b. divergens and b. hovis). they also confirm the presence of b. canis in a dog in the proximity of geneva. finally, for the first time in switzerland, they point out the presence of non-identified babesia in various rodents (apodemus sylvaticus, a. flavicollis and clethrionomys glareolus). | 1975 | 7111 |
| effect of essential oils on ruminal fermentation and lactation performance of dairy cows. | three experiments (exp.) were conducted to study the effects of dietary addition of an essential oil product (eo) based on eugenol and cinnamaldehyde (0, control, or 525 mg/d of xtract 6965; pancosma sa, geneva, switzerland) on ruminal fermentation, total-tract digestibility, manure gas emissions, n losses, and dairy cow performance. in exp. 1 and 3, the eo supplement was added to the vitamin-mineral premix. in exp. 2, eo was top-dressed. experiments 1 and 2 were crossover designs with 20 multip ... | 2013 | 24119814 |
| [first documentation of a neospora-induced "abortion storm" (exogenous transplacental transmission of neospora caninum) in a swiss dairy farm]. | in a swiss dairy farm (canton of geneva) consisting of 73 animals 8 abortions were observed within 2 weeks. serological and molecular biological analyses (pcr) on aborting dams, and abortion materials, respectively, revealed that the protozoan parasite neospora caninum was the causative agent. besides the 8 aborting animals, 12 other non-aborting heifers were found to be serologically positive for this parasite. all positive sera were further tested in an avidity-elisa to elucidate the recency o ... | 2005 | 15801622 |