Food animal transport: A potential source of community exposures to health hazards from industrial farming (CAFOs)

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-39

  Rule, Ana M ^a   Evans, Sean L ^a   Silbergeld, Ellen K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Antimicrobial resistance; Bioaerosol; CAFO; Food animal transport; Surface sampling

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINUPRISTIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR SAMPLING; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FARM ANIMAL; FECES; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; TRANSPORT MEDIUM;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOTOR VEHICLES; POULTRY; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 63549146931     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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