| foot and mouth disease in the lao people's democratic republic: i. a review of recent outbreaks and lessons from control programmes. | foot and mouth disease (fmd) causes sporadic disease outbreaks in the lao people's democratic republic (lao pdr). as the lao pdr is a major thoroughfare for transboundary animal movements, regular fmd outbreaks occur, causing economic hardship for farmers and their families. in this review of the recent history of fmd in the lao pdr between 1997 and 2006, the authors examine the virological and epidemiological aspects of the disease and appropriate control measures, including the distribution of ... | 2008 | 19284051 |
| foot and mouth disease in the lao people's democratic republic: ii. seroprevalence estimates, using structured surveillance and surveys of abattoirs. | an examination of the seroprevalence of foot and mouth disease (fmd) virus was conducted in the lao people's democratic republic (lao pdr) from 1996 to 2005, using structured surveillance and abattoir-based studies. under structured surveillance, seropositivity ranged from 65.7% (vientiane capital, 1996) to 3% (houaphan, 2005) for cattle and buffalo; and from 2.8% (vientiane capital, 1998) to 0% in separate studies of pigs. in each study, species composition was significantly associated with ser ... | 2008 | 19284052 |
| salmonella prevalence in slaughtered buffaloes and pigs and antimicrobial susceptibility of isolates in vientiane, lao people's democratic republic. | this is the first report regarding isolation of salmonella from cecum samples of buffaloes and pigs and characterization of the isolates in laos. the organisms were isolated from 8% (4/50) of buffaloes and 76% (37/49) of pigs. in buffaloes, 3 animals harbored serotype 9,12: -:1,5, and 1 animal harbored both s. derby and s. javiana. in pigs, the most predominant serotypes were s. derby (51%) followed by s. anatum (45%), s. weltevreden (15%) and s. stanley (5%). the buffalo isolates were susceptib ... | 2008 | 19122403 |
| microbial contamination of pig carcasses at a slaughterhouse in vientiane capital, lao pdr. | a cross-sectional study was conducted to determine microbial contamination of pig carcasses at a slaughterhouse in vientiane, capital of lao people democratic republic (lao pdr). between november 2004 and april 2005, 62 pig carcasses were randomly selected. from each carcass, pooled swabs (from "1" prior to and "2" after evisceration) and 25 g of tissue of mesenteric lymph nodes (mln) were collected. the swab samples were examined for aerobic plate count (apc) and enterobacteriaceae counts (ebc) ... | 2006 | 17333783 |
| epilepsy in laos: knowledge, attitudes, and practices in the community. | we evaluated beliefs about, attitudes toward, and stigma associated with epilepsy in four districts of central laos. | 2007 | 17446140 |