Many other raw food products--notably poultry from CAFOs--typically carry a much higher threat to human health in terms of pathogen load, and yet the government trusts us to render it safe in our own humble kitchens. But it's easy to see how impossibly strict milk rules might gratify industry lobbyists, by eliminating competition from family producers.
Quotes about pathogen (10 Quotes)
In these days of international commerce and travel, an infectious disorder that appears in one part of the world can quickly become a problem continents away if the disease-causing agent, or pathogen, finds itself in a hospitable environment.
A total of 38 apparently new pathogen species associated with infectious diseases of humans have been reported in the past 25 years.
Our nation faces a maritime threat unmatched in the capability of mass destruction, ... Where once the threat was illegal whisky or rum, now it is the shipping container with a nuclear device or a biological pathogen.
The conventional vaccine works only for the antibodies, which are (the) bullets. Our vaccine goes after antibodies and D-cells -- the soldiers. So you have the soldiers and the bullets, which could actually go after the pathogen.
Effective prophylaxis and treatment for infections caused by biological threat agents (BTA) rely upon early diagnosis and rapid initiation of therapy. However, most methods for identifying pathogens or infectious agents in body fluids and tissues required that the pathogen proliferate to detectable and dangerous levels, thereby delaying diagnosis and treatment.
If we pick the wrong pathogen to develop a vaccine and a new strain comes out, then vaccine development is futile.
As an infectious disease expert, I've never seen a pathogen emerge and go away on its own, ... We have to expect that sometime, somewhere, this virus is going to rear its ugly head again.
In order to reduce the impact of this disease, it is essential that resistant bananas be developed, ... Chemical control is available but expensive and generally not available for poor farmers who depend on this crop. Moreover, the pathogen has a tendency to develop resistance or tolerance toward some types of fungicides.
This is a newly emerging pathogen in the dog population. We have been able to accumulate a lot of information on this canine virus in a short period of time.