December 2014
Review on common foodborne pathogens in Ethiopia
Foodborne pathogens are among the common causes of illness and death as well as public health problem which result in the loss of labor force both in developed and developing countries. The World Health Organization estimated that in developed countries, up to 30% of the population suffers from foodborne diseases each year, whereas in developing countries up to 70% of cases of diarrheal disease are associated with the...
December 2014
A review and future potential approach for Campylobacter control in retail poultry meats
Campylobacteriosis is considered the most frequent zoonosis in humans, and the handling and/or consumption of poultry meat are considered the main source for human infection. Moreover, largely owing to the recent food authority ban on the use of antibiotic growth promoters in animal feed, it is now very important to look for new effective strategies to reduce the incidence of these bacteria in the host. Chicken...
December 2014
Environmental stress conditions affecting the N2 fixing Rhizobium-legume symbiosis and adaptation mechanisms
Rhizobia are bacteria which fix atmospheric nitrogen in association within the root or the stem nodules of legume plants and transform atmospheric nitrogen to ammonia. Biological nitrogen fixation is an important process for sustainable land management, because nitrogen is the principal crop production’s limiting factor. However, several environmental conditions such as salinity, temperature, acidity/alkalinity,...
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