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COST ACTION 920 |
Inventory of QMRA Studies in Europe |
Data sheet
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Pathogen |
Streptogramin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (SREf) |
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Country or region |
US |
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Transmission route |
From |
Farm |
To |
Consumption |
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Specific product(s) |
Chicken |
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End-point(s) |
Probability of human exposure to SREf from the consumption of chicken |
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Reports or publications
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Bibliographic reference |
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Snary, E.,Smith, D.,Kelly, L.,Morris, G. & Wooldridge,
M. (2000). The development of
streptogramin resistant Enterococci
faecium within the human population due to the use of virginiamycin in
broilers - a risk assessment approach. In
Society for Risk Analysis.
SRA 2000: Applications of
Risk Analysis in Industry and Government, (Arlington, Virginia, US). ·
Snary, E; Kelly, LA & Wooldridge, M (2002): An
exposure assessment for streptogramin-resistant ·
Kelly, L; Smith, DL; Snary, EL; Johnson, JA;
Harris, AD; Wooldridge, M & Morris, Jnr, JG (in
press).
Animal growth promoters: to ban or not to ban? A risk
assessment approach. International
Journal Of Antimicrobial Agents.
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Abstract |
A farm-to-fork exposure assessment was developed to investigate the consequence of a ban in the use of virginiamycin as a growth promoter for broilers in the US. The model estimates that prior to any such ban, a random human in the US is exposed to SREf through the consumption of chicken at a mean rate of 0.796 (0.538, 1.082) chicken meals per month. Five years after a ban, it is estimated that the mean rate will decrease by approximately 70%, to a mean rate of 0.238 (0.0873, 0.464) chicken meals per month. |
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Status |
Complete |
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Availability |
From author |
Project group
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Institute |
Veterinary Laboratories Agency, UK |
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Contact person |
Dr. Emma Snary (e.l.snary@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk) |
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Partners |
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Department of Epidemiology and Preventive
Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA ·
VA Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics
Laboratory, VA Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA |