This article examines the epidemiology, prevalence, and aetiology of animal parasitic nematode infections in wild boar, but also from horses and domestic pigs in Sweden. After the host ingests the infected meat, the three-chambered ants enter the intestines where they multiply, causing diarrhea and ...

In industrial conditions, the efficacy of surface decontamination for reducing naturally occurring bacterial population on slaughtered cattle in a large commercial plant was evaluated. At the end of the slaughter line, the combination of knife trimming and a steam spot vacuum cleaning system,...

This study analyses the levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDD), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDF) and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCB) from banked samples of breast milk from mothers living in Stockholm, Sweden and compares different time periods between 1972 and 2011....

Practicing veterinarians has an important role as informers to the animal producers how to handle the carcasses and animal by-products (ABP) to avoid transmission of diseases, and should keep themselves informed of the advances within this area. The global awareness of the importance of a...

This report, Procedures for the analysis of samples with suspected growth of Brucella spp, describes how samples from patients with suspected brucellosis are handled at the biosafety level-3 laboratory at the Public Health Agency of Sweden. The causative agent of this disease is Brucella, a small,...

The present investigation of Listeria monocytogenes in salmon is a follow-up of a similar study in the middle of the 1990s. The findings suggest that gravad and cold-smoked salmons are still possible sources of listeriosis in Sweden. A full paper is presented in Journal of Foodservice (5).

This paper gives an overview about dioxins and PCBs; risks with dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs; dietary advice and knowledge; and intake of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs. In conclusion, what we eat accounts for about 95% of the intake of dioxins and PCBs and especially animal food. More than half of...

This paper gives an overview about risks and benefits with fish consumption; the Swedish exception from sale ban on fish with high levels of dioxin; risk and benefit with fish consumption - FAO/WHO data compilation; and desirable data for credible advice.

The new EU food legislation will cover the whole food chain including animal feed and the health and welfare of food producing animals to establish a high level of consumer health protection. A coordinated and holistic approach towards hygiene is an essential element in food safety. The control...

Lead fragments, too small to be detected by sight or while chewing, are spread to tissues around the wound channel in game killed with lead-based rifle bullets. Moose shot with lead-based rifle bullets in Sweden, Finland and Norway contain on average 3.77 gram of lead deposits. If this amount of...