The Impact of Pig Health on Public Health: Quantitative Data for Risk Assessments
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The SafePork conference series began in 1996 to bring together international researchers, industry, and government agencies to discuss current Salmonella research and identify research needs pertaining to both pig and pork production. In subsequent years topics of research presented at these conferences expanded to include other chemical and biological hazards to pig and pork production.
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Management practices can play an important role in affecting animal health. Sub-clinically ill animals entering harvest can have pleural adhesions known as peel-outs. The focus of this study was to examine how these pleural adhesions can be associated with Salmonella and respiratory pathogens, as well as to get a national estimate of peel-outs. The results suggest pleural adhesions are not significantly associated with Salmonella or respiratory bacterial contamination.