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Risk assessment on welfare in turkeys. Opinion of the Panel of Animal Health and Welfare of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety
(Research report, 2016-02-15)
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) asked the Norwegian Scientific Committee for
Food Safety (Vitenskapskomiteen for mattrygghet, VKM) for a risk assessment on turkey
welfare. The VKM report will be used by NFSA in assessing the need for amending the
existing regulations, competence requirements, and guidelines for surveillance and control
related to keeping turkeys.
Inspectors from NFSA ...
Antimicrobial resistance due to the use of biocides and heavy metals: a literature review
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2016-12-09)
In June 2016,the Norwegian EnvironmentAgencyrequestedthe Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety (VKM) to conducta literature reviewregardingdevelopment of bacterial resistance to biocides and heavy metals and cross-resistance to antimicrobial agents(e.g.,antibiotics)in bacteria, with the following mandate: <br><br>1.List chemical substancesthat may contribute to increased antimicrobial ...
Risk assessment on import of Australian redclaw crayfish to Norway. Opinion of the Panel on Animal Health and Welfare of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2016-11-30)
<i>Main message</i>: It seems unlikely that the Australian red claw clayfish will establish reproductive populations under Norwegian climate conditions, but hitchhiker organisms and infectious agents could potentially follow the import, and unless managed, may pose risks to biodiversity and aquatic animal health. This is the conclusion in a risk assessment from the Norwegian Scientific Committee for ...
Antimicrobial resistance in wildlife – potential for dissemination: Opinion of the Panel on Microbial Ecology of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2018-03-16)
<p>Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is recognised as one of the greatest public health concerns of our time. The development of AMR occurs in nature as a defence by microbes against naturally occurring antimicrobials. However, the selective pressure, generated by the use of antimicrobial agents in human and veterinary medicine, livestock and plant production as well as aquaculture practices, is the ...
The serostatus of Brucella spp., Chlamydia abortus, Coxiella burnetii and Neospora caninum in cattle in three cantons in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-02)
Dairy production in Bosnia and Herzegovina exhibits limited productivity, which may partly, be explained by extensive reproductive problems of non-infectious and infectious origin. Brucella spp., Chlamydia abortus, Coxiella burnetii and Neospora caninum are common infectious causes of decreased reproductive outcomes in cattle worldwide. Little is, however, known about the disease status of herds ...
Bacterial diversity of aMasi, a South African fermented milk product, determined by clone library and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
In the present study, we investigated the bacterial diversity of aMasi, a traditional South African fermented milk product, by 16S rRNA clone library and Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis. Two hundred and eighty two clones from clone library were isolated and identified from aMasi, prepared from the milk of four cows from one herd in the EkuPindiseni Community, North West of ...
Brucella antibodies in alaskan true seals and eared seals — two different stories
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-31)
Brucella pinnipedialis was first isolated from true seals in 1994 and from eared seals in 2008. Although few pathological findings have been associated with infection in true seals, reproductive pathology including abortions, and the isolation of the zoonotic strain type 27 have been documented in eared seals. <br> In this study, a Brucella enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and the Rose ...
Health and environmental risk evaluation of microorganisms used in bioremediation. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Microbial Ecology of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food Safety
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2016)
In 2015, The Norwegian Environment Agency requested the Norwegian Scientific Committee
for Food Safety (VKM) to collate an overview of bioremediation of polluted ground based on
bioaugmentation described in literature for the degradation of various types of pollutants,
(including hydrocarbons, heavy metals, chlorinated compounds, explosives etc.).The
assessment of genetically modified microorganisms ...
Detection and characterization of Brucella spp. in bovine milk in small-scale urban and peri-urban farming in Tajikistan
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-15)
Brucellosis is one of the most common zoonoses globally, and Central Asia remains a Brucella hotspot. The World Health Organization classifies brucellosis as a neglected zoonotic disease that is rarely in the spotlight for research and mainly affects poor, marginalized people. Urban and peri-urban farming is a common practice in many low-income countries, and it increases the incomes of families ...