• Comprehensive evaluation and implementation of improvement actions in bovine abattoirs to reduce pathogens exposure 

      Costa, Magdalena; Pracca, Gabriela; Sucari, Adriana; Galli, Lucía; Ibargoyen, José; Gentiluomo, Jimena; Brusa, Victoria; Martinez Zugazua, Matías; Figueroa, Yamila; Londero, Alejandra; Rogé, Ariel Diego; Silva, Hernán; Ploeg, Claudia A. Van Der; Signorini, Marcelo; Oteiza, Juan Martín; Leotta, Gerardo Anibal (Elsevier, 2020-03)
      The slaughter process plays an important role in animal welfare, meat quality, safety and public health through the meat production chain. In this study, we performed a three-stage evaluation: I) comprehensive evaluation, ...
    • Comprehensive evaluation and implementation of improvement actions in butcher shops 

      Leotta, Gerardo Anibal; Brusa, Victoria; Galli, Lucía; Adriani, Cristian; Linares, Luciano Hector; Etcheverría, Analía Inés; Sanz, Marcelo Eduardo; Sucari, Adriana; Peral Garcia, Pilar; Signorini, Marcelo (Plos One, 2016-09-12)
      Foodborne pathogens can cause acute and chronic diseases and produce a wide range of symptoms. Since the consumption of ground beef is a risk factor for infections with some bacterial pathogens, we performed a comprehensive ...
    • Evaluation of intervention measures at different stages of the production chain in Argentinian exporting abattoirs 

      Brusa, Victoria; Restovich, Viviana; Signorini, Marcelo; Pugin, Daniela; Galli, Lucía; Ruíz Díaz, Vanesa; Arias, Romina; Leotta, Gerardo Anibal (Sage Publications, 2019-09)
      Antimicrobial treatments could help to decrease the transmission of microorganisms to beef carcasses and abattoir environments. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in reducing Shiga ...
    • Isolation and characterization of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli from beef carcasses, cuts and trimmings of abattoirs in Argentina 

      Brusa, Victoria; Restovich, Viviana; Galli, Lucía; Teitelbaum, David; Signorini, Marcelo; Brasesco, Hebe; Londero, Alejandra; García, Diego; Padola, Nora Lía; Superno, Valeria; Sanz, Marcelo; Petroli, Sandra; Costa, Magdalena; Bruzzone, Mariana; Sucari, Adriana; Ferreghini, Marcela; Linares, Luciano; Suberbie, Germán; Rodriguez, Hector Ricardo; Leotta, Gerardo Anibal (2017-08-22)
      Several foods contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are associated with human diseases. Some countries have established microbiological criteria for non-O157 STEC, thus, the absence of serogroups ...