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Prerequisite: Food Science and Technology 104, or Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology 127.
Topics: Prevalence and characteristics of those diseases of man which are derived from food or food sources; access of disease agents to and distribution in food and food sources; exposure of man to these agents; prevention of foodborne diseases; epidemiology of foodborne outbreaks.
Grading:  Letter grade
Exams:  Two in-class, closed-book midterms counting 30% each of the final grade; one take-home, open-book exam that counts as 40% of the final grade.
Other assignments:  Study the handouts
Auditors:  Yes

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Final Exam Key Introduction- Course Outline Lecturer 4/2  (A) 6 Classification of foodborne pathogens; sources of contamination, Slide Set   Cliver 7 Incidence of foodborne diseases, Slide Set Cliver   Infectious agents   4/4  (B) 6 Bacteria:  Salmonella spp, Slide Set Tajkarimi   7 Bacteria:  Campylobacter, Helicobacter, Arcobacter, Slides Set Jay-Russell 4/9 (C) 6 Bacteria:  Shigella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, Slide Set Cliver   7 Bacteria:  Clostridium perfringens, Slide Set Cliver 4/11 (D) 6 Bacteria:Escherichia coli, Slide Set Jay-Russell   7 Bacteria: Listeria monocytogenes, Slide Set Jay-Russell 4/16 (E) 6 Bacteria:  Vibrio spp., Slide Set Tajkarimi   7 Bacteria:  Other, Slide Set Cliver 4/18 (F) 6 Viruses & prions, Slide Set Cliver   7 Parasites, Slide Set Cliver 4/23 (G) 6 Protozoa, Slide Set Cliver   Toxigenic agents   (G) 7 Seafood toxins, etc., Slide Set Cliver 4/25 (H) 6 Bacteria:  Bacillus cereus, Slide Set Tajkarimi   7 First midterm (Infectious agents; 30% of grade) Key   4/30 (I) 6 Bacteria:  Clostridium botulinum-Slide Set Cliver   7 Bacteria:  Staphylococcus aureus, Slide Set Cliver 5/2  (J) 6,7 Fungi and mycotoxins      Slide set       Tajkarimi 5/7 (K) 6 Poisonous plants and animals, residues, Slide Set Cliver     Food sanitation and preservation   (K) 7 Food preservation , Slide Set Cliver 5/9 (L) 6 Microbiological testing of foods, Slides Set Tajkarimi   7 GMPs, SSOPs, SOPs, and HACCP, Slide Set Tajkarimi 5/14(M) 6 Antimicrobial interventions, Slide Set Cliver   7 Predictive modeling    Slide Set Cliver 5/16 (N) 6,7 Microbial ecology of foods Slides Set Cliver   Foodborne disease outbreaks   5/21 (O) 6 Outbreak investigation methods Slide Set Tajkarimi   7 Second midterm Key (Toxigenic agents, sanitation, preservation; 30% of grade) 5/23 (P) 6,7 Outbreak investigation problems Tajkarimi (5/28    Memorial Day)   5/30 (Q) 6,7 Outbreak investigation problems Tajkarimi, Cliver 6/4 (R) 6,7 Outbreak investigation problems Tajkarimi, Cliver 6/6 (S) 6,7 Outbreak investigation problems Tajkarimi, Cliver     Fisher Test     Chi Square Final Exam Key

Spring 2006 Archived Lecture Notes and Handouts

 

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