The control and prevention of food-borne diseases is dependant on a number of factors including local regulations and food-animal production system.

Biosecurity is generally the initial approach but require detailed knowledge of sources of infection and is heavily dependant on animal management practices.

Additional or even alternative pre-harvest strategies, like vaccination, probiotics, or competitive exclusion may be feasible but require considerable understanding of the host-microbe interaction and are time and resource intensive.

• Microbial Ecology

• Epidemiology

• Detection and surveillance

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