Transcript Bio Security - Riverside High School

Bio Security
Salmonella
• Is a bacteria causing illness that happens in
your intestines
• There are 3 types
– Typhimurium,
– Enteritidis
– Typhi
Typhimurium
• Symptoms last up to 7 days
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Diarrhea
Abdominal cramps
Nausea
Vomiting
If not treated with anabatic it is fatal
Children, elderly and those with week immune
symptoms are likely to get this
– You get this through mice
– Most common of Food Poising
Typhi
• Least common in US but most common in
under developed countries
• Most fatal
• High Fever
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• You get this from drinking water
Enteritidis
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Most common
Infects chickens
Nausea
Cramping
Vomiting
E-Coli
• E Coli is a common bacteria that lives in the
intestines of animal and humans.
• The dangerous E-Coli strand is E-Coli 0157:H7
• It is spread from undercooked meat, live on
the cows udders into milk that is not
pasteurized. It can even get spread by
someone not washing their hands and
handling your food!
• Did you wash your hands today?!?!
E-Coli Cont
• Symptoms last 5-10 days
– Bloody Diarrhea
– Stomach pains
Treatment
Since it is a bacteria there is no antibiotic for you to
take so you have to ride it out and do what your
doctor subscribes
Mad Cow Dieses
• Also Called Bovine Spongiform
encephalopathy aka BSE (Organic farmers do
not treat BSE)
• In the Bovine It attacks the nervous system
• If a human were to eat a contaminated meat
they have a higher chance of getting the
human version
Swine Flu AKA H1N1
• It is a flue virus with the same symptoms as
normal flu
• Swine flu got its name because of a Similar
virus found in swine
• You can not get this from eating Pork
products!
• There is now a vaccine
Transportation
• Things get swapped and not just commodity!
• Often times animals pick up things when
being kept in closed quarters.
• Terrorist try to contaminate our food to wipe
out or put a damper on our county which
usually happens during transportation
What can we do to Protect Ourselves
• Wash, wash, wash, and. . . .WASH YOUR
HANDS
• Stay up to date on vaccines
• Cook your meet all the way through to the
correct temperature
• Make sure your meat is USDA approved