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Salmonellosis In Kentucky Cattle - 2003-2014, Azia Elizabeth Ramirez
Salmonellosis In Kentucky Cattle - 2003-2014, Azia Elizabeth Ramirez
Theses and Dissertations--Public Health (M.P.H. & Dr.P.H.)
The group of bacteria known collectively as Salmonella has historically been a major cause of both health and economic hardships. In particular, Salmonella in bovine has been estimated to cause the economy to lose billions of dollars annually, both due to the increased morbidity and mortality rates of the cattle themselves and the indirect loss of potential profits, and also results in the spread of the bacteria to humans to ill effect. Salmonella thus can be quite taxing to agricultural communities, the animals upon which they rely, and the consumers that buy said communities’ commodities. Thus, the importance of an …