| health risks associated with unpasteurized goats' and ewes' milk on retail sale in england and wales. a phls dairy products working group study. | a pilot study to determine the microbiological quality of unpasteurized milk from goats and ewes sampled from farm shops, health food shops, and other retail premises found that 47%, (47/100) of goats' and 50% (13/26) of ewes' milk samples failed the standards prescribed by the dairy products (hygiene) regulations 1995. in addition, staphylococcus aureus, haemolytic streptococci or enterococci, were present in excess of 10(2) c.f.u./ml in 9 (7 %) 2 (2 %) and 19 (15%) samples, respectively. salmo ... | 1999 | 10459642 |
| genetic diversity among escherichia coli o157:h7 isolates from bovines living on farms in england and wales. | pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of escherichia coli o157:h7 isolates (n = 228) from 122 healthy animals on 11 farms discriminated 57 types. most clones were found only on individual farms. numerous clones were found within each farm, with a prevalent clone normally found in several animals. a variety of clones were found within the different phage types. | 2003 | 12904402 |
| cattle, weather and water: mapping escherichia coli o157:h7 infections in humans in england and scotland. | entero-haemorrhagic escherichia coli o157:h7 is a zoonotic pathogen, responsible for a relatively small number of food poisoning and illness outbreaks each year, when compared with other food-borne bacteria capable of causing infections in the population. nevertheless, e. coli o157:h7 is a bacterial pathogen associated with severe human illnesses including bloody diarrhoea and haemolytic uremic syndrome occurring in both outbreak and sporadic settings. in england and wales approximately 1% of al ... | 2010 | 20642796 |
| absence of e coli o157:h7 in sheep and cattle faeces in north wales. | | 2013 | 23934296 |