| the occurrence and initial numbers of listeria in irish meat and fish products and the recovery of injured cells from frozen products. | a total of 549 samples of meat, fish and poultry products purchased from retail outlets in the dublin area were examined for the presence of listeria spp., using a standard recovery method and a new resuscitation method. listeria spp. were most frequently isolated from frozen beef burgers (97%) and fish fingers (95%). cooked meats which were prepackaged by the manufacturer were negative for listeria spp. the pathogen was isolated from 21% of cooked meats which were sold retail unpackaged indicat ... | 1994 | 8074965 |
| practical animal-handling classes at university college dublin. | the first two years of the veterinary program at university college dublin (ucd) include two modules whereby students gain experience in basic animal handling. practical animal husbandry uses both lectures and animal handling classes aimed at teaching students to approach, restrain, and carry out routine husbandry procedures on food-producing and companion animals humanely and competently and to be aware of the risks to human health of inappropriate animal approach and handling. staff and studen ... | 2007 | 18326764 |
| early history of endoscopic correction of vesico-ureteric reflux: the dublin contribution. | | 2009 | 19635328 |
| a preliminary study of salmonella, verocytotoxigenic escherichia coli/escherichia coli o157 and campylobacter on four mixed farms. | the aims of this study were to investigate the incidence of salmonella, verocytotoxigenic escherichia coli (vtec)/escherichia coli o157 and campylobacter on four mixed farms and to characterize the isolates in terms of a range of virulence factors. eighty-nine composite (five different samples from the same animal species combined) faecal [cattle (24), pigs (14), sheep (4), poultry (4), horses (7), deer (4), dogs (9), rodents (2) and wild birds (20)] samples, 16 composite soil samples plus 35 in ... | 2011 | 21951421 |
| poverty, pigs and pestilence in medieval dublin. | | 1978 | 11614407 |
| tuberculosis in free-living deer. | tissues from 130 wild deer shot by hunters in county wicklow, ireland in 1983-1984 were examined for evidence of tuberculosis. the tissues examined included the lymph nodes of the head, the lung substances and associated lymph nodes, the hepatic lymph nodes and kidneys. gross lesions were found in five deer. mycobacteria isolated from the tissues were classified as mycobacterium bovis on the basis of cultural, biochemical and biological tests in guinea pigs and rabbits. | 1984 | 6395476 |
| detection and characterization of group c rotaviruses in asymptomatic piglets in ireland. | group c rotaviruses are important human enteric pathogens that have also been detected in a variety of mammalian species, including pigs. group c rotaviruses have been identified in piglets with diarrhea, but their ecology remains to be elucidated. by screening of 292 fecal samples collected from 4- to 5-week-old asymptomatic pigs from four herds in ireland between 2005 and 2007, 13 (4.4%) samples tested positive by reverse transcription-pcr for group c rotavirus. group a rotaviruses were also d ... | 2008 | 18632912 |