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| Jan M SargeantSummaryAffiliation: University of Guelph Country: Canada Publications
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Food consumption patterns in the Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional telephone surveyAndrea Nesbitt
Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
BMC Public Health 8:370. 2008..The objective of this study was to describe, for the first time, the food consumption patterns in a Canadian-based population from a food safety perspective, in order to establish baseline data on actual food intake of individuals...
Pre-harvest interventions to reduce the shedding of E. coli O157 in the faeces of weaned domestic ruminants: a systematic reviewJ M Sargeant
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Zoonoses Public Health 54:260-77. 2007..coli O157 that require further targeted research...
Methodological quality and completeness of reporting in clinical trials conducted in livestock speciesJ M Sargeant
Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Prev Vet Med 91:107-15. 2009..The creation and adoption of standards for trial reporting in livestock could aid authors, reviewers, and editors in ensuring that necessary trial details are reported in all published trials...- Quality of reporting in clinical trials of preharvest food safety interventions and associations with treatment effectJan M Sargeant
Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, University of Guelph, Guelph N1G 2W1, Ontario, Canada
Foodborne Pathog Dis 6:989-99. 2009..The creation and adoption of standards for reporting in preharvest food safety trials will help to ensure the inclusion of important trial details in all publications... - Quality of reporting of clinical trials of dogs and cats and associations with treatment effectsJ M Sargeant
Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, 103 MacNabb House, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1
J Vet Intern Med 24:44-50. 2010.... - The REFLECT statement: reporting guidelines for Randomized Controlled Trials in livestock and food safety: explanation and elaborationJ M Sargeant
Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, and Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
Zoonoses Public Health 57:105-36. 2010..In addition, the REFLECT statement for RCTs in livestock populations proposed specific terms or further clarified terms as they pertained to livestock studies... - Perceptions of risk and optimistic bias for acute gastrointestinal illness: a population surveyJ M Sargeant
Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
Zoonoses Public Health 57:e177-83. 2010..Therefore, recognizing the demographic characteristics associated with a perception of lower risk and understanding the reasons for this perception may help with targeting effective preventive messaging... - The REFLECT statement: reporting guidelines for randomized controlled trials in livestock and food safety: explanation and elaborationJ M Sargeant
Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses and Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
J Food Prot 73:579-603. 2010..In addition, the REFLECT statement for RCTs in livestock populations proposed specific terms or further clarified terms as they pertained to livestock studies... - Reporting of methodological features in observational studies of pre-harvest food safetyJan M Sargeant
Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Prev Vet Med 98:88-98. 2011..Improvement in reporting of observational studies of pre-harvest food safety will aid research readers and reviewers in interpreting and evaluating the results of such studies... - The burden of acute gastrointestinal illness in Ontario, Canada, 2005-2006J M Sargeant
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Epidemiol Infect 136:451-60. 2008..Overall, acute gastrointestinal illness appears to pose a significant burden in the Ontario population. Further research into the specific aetiologies and risk factors is now needed to better target intervention strategies... - Comparison of outcomes and other variables between conference abstracts and subsequent peer-reviewed papers involving pre-harvest or abattoir-level interventions against foodborne pathogensKate G Snedeker
Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
Prev Vet Med 97:67-76. 2010..These results suggest that data from conference abstracts should be considered with caution... - A qualitative exploration of the perceptions and information needs of public health inspectors responsible for food safetyMai T Pham
Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
BMC Public Health 10:345. 2010..This study was an in-depth exploration of public health inspectors' perceptions of the key food safety issues in public health, and their opinions and needs with regards to food safety information resources... - Food safety issues and information needs: an online survey of public health inspectorsMai T Pham
Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, University of Guelph Ontario, Canada
J Environ Health 74:22-9. 2012..The data from the authors' study can be used in the development of information resources targeted to the needs of PHIs involved in food safety... - Completeness of reporting in abstracts from clinical trials of pre-harvest interventions against foodborne pathogensKate G Snedeker
Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
Prev Vet Med 104:15-22. 2012..These results reveal gaps in reporting of methodological features and results. Thus, improving reporting quality in abstracts should be a crucial goal to be pursued by authors, reviewers and journal editors... - Household knowledge, attitudes and practices related to pet contact and associated zoonoses in Ontario, CanadaJason W Stull
Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G2W1, Canada
BMC Public Health 12:553. 2012..The objective of this study was to characterize the general public's knowledge, attitudes and risks related to pet ownership and animal contact in southern Ontario, Canada... - A quantitative and novel approach to the prioritization of zoonotic diseases in North America: a public perspectiveVictoria Ng
Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
PLoS ONE 7:e48519. 2012..Although zoonotic outbreaks are a significant burden of disease in North America, the systematic prioritization of zoonoses in this region has not been previously evaluated... - Enhancing public trust in the food safety regulatory systemAndrew Papadopoulos
Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Health Policy 107:98-103. 2012..Specifically, the paper will summarize and discuss literature relating to public expectation of public health agency action regarding protecting the food supply and recent policy reforms... - A stakeholder-informed approach to the identification of criteria for the prioritization of zoonoses in CanadaVictoria Ng
Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, and Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
PLoS ONE 7:e29752. 2012.... - An overview of microbial food safety programs in beef, pork, and poultry from farm to processing in CanadaAndrijana Rajic
Policy Advice and Effectiveness Program, Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, 160 Research Lane, Unit 206, Guelph, Ontario N1G 5B2, Canada
J Food Prot 70:1286-94. 2007..Cooperation of many government agencies with shared responsibility for food safety and public health will be essential... - Constraints to microbial food safety policy: opinions from stakeholder groups along the farm to fork continuumJ M Sargeant
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, HSC 2C15, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada
Zoonoses Public Health 54:177-84. 2007..Strategies to address these other inputs may require new, transdisciplinary approaches as an adjunct to the traditional science-based risk assessment model... - The change in prevalence of Campylobacter on chicken carcasses during processing: a systematic reviewM T Guerin
Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
Poult Sci 89:1070-84. 2010..For example, if contamination will occur during defeathering and likely during evisceration, critical control points postevisceration are likely to have a greater effect on the end product going to the consumer... - Analysis of trends in the full publication of papers from conference abstracts involving pre-harvest or abattoir-level interventions against foodborne pathogensKate G Snedeker
Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Prev Vet Med 95:1-9. 2010.... - Methodological quality assessment of review articles evaluating interventions to improve microbial food safetyJan M Sargeant
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Foodborne Pathog Dis 3:447-56. 2006..There is a need to improve the methodological quality of review articles on microbial food safety interventions if they are to be of use in policy and decision making... - Investigating potential risk factors for seasonal variation: an example using graphical and spectral analysis methods based on the production of milk components in dairy cattleJ M Sargeant
Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Prev Vet Med 36:167-78. 1998.... - The influence of veterinary epidemiology on public health: past, present and futureJan M Sargeant
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Sciences Centre 2C15, McMaster University, 1200 Main St West, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8N 3Z5
Prev Vet Med 86:250-9. 2008..Meeting these needs will require continued integration between veterinary and human public health research and practice, and enhanced communication of both content and context expertise... - A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of pasteurization on milk vitamins, and evidence for raw milk consumption and other health-related outcomesLauren E Macdonald
Center for Public Health and Zoonoses, Ontario Veterinary College, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
J Food Prot 74:1814-32. 2011..Overall, these findings should be interpreted with caution given the poor quality of reported methodology in many of the included studies... - Association of cow and quarter-level factors at drying-off with new intramammary infections during the dry periodR T Dingwell
University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont, Canada N1G 2W1
Prev Vet Med 63:75-89. 2004..After 6 dry weeks, 23% of quarters were still open. The hazard of quarters closing if milk production on the day prior to drying-off was >21 kg 1.8-times less... - Specialty food safety concerns and multilingual resource needs: an online survey of public health inspectorsMai T Pham
Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Foodborne Pathog Dis 7:1457-62. 2010.... - Associations between milk-protein production and reproduction, health, and cullingJ M Sargeant
Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Prev Vet Med 35:39-51. 1998..The estimated breeding value for protein yield had a small negative association with the overall risk of culling, although the associations were not significant for individual lactations... - Associations between individual cow factors and milk-protein productionJ M Sargeant
Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph, ON, Canada
Prev Vet Med 34:57-72. 1998..Season was associated with 305-day protein yield; the highest protein yields occurred in cows calving in the fall and winter months, but these cows had the greatest rate of decline in protein production in late lactation... - The process of systematic review and its application in agri-food public-healthJ M Sargeant
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Sciences Centre 2C15, McMaster University, 1200 Main St W, Hamilton, Ont, Canada L8N 3Z5
Prev Vet Med 75:141-51. 2006.... - Effect of antibiotics in milk replacer on fecal shedding of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in calvesW Q Alali
Food Animal Health and Management Center Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
J Anim Sci 82:2148-52. 2004..Supplementation of milk replacer with antibiotics may increase the probability of E. coli O157:H7 shedding in dairy calves, but the effect seems to be of low magnitude and short duration... - Escherichia coli O157 in feedlot cattle feces and water in four major feeder-cattle states in the USAJ M Sargeant
Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Mosier Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
Prev Vet Med 61:127-35. 2003..3% of feedlots had at least one positive tank. Cattle were more likely to be shedding E. coli O157 in pens with positive water tanks, and water was more likely to be positive when E. coli O157 was detected in the sediment... - Effect of forage or grain diets with or without monensin on ruminal persistence and fecal Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cattleM J Van Baale
Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, 305 Coles Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5606, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:5336-42. 2004..Monensin supplementation decreased the duration of shedding with forage diet, and the cecum and colon were culture positive for E. coli O157:H7 more often than the rumen of cattle... - Effect of pooling bovine fecal samples on the sensitivity of detection of E. coli O157:H7M W Sanderson
Department of Clinical Sciences, Kansas State University, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, 103J Mosier Hall, Manhattan, KS, USA
Vet Microbiol 110:125-30. 2005..coli O157 using a pooling protocol or individual samples. Pooling decreased sensitivity of detection at low pen prevalence compared to individual samples but was similar at high prevalence... - Comparison of rectoanal mucosal swab cultures and fecal cultures for determining prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in feedlot cattleM A Greenquist
Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, 305 Coles Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506-5606, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:6431-3. 2005..Mucosal swab sampling was more sensitive than fecal sampling for determining the prevalence of E. coli O157 in feedlot cattle... - Influence of processed grains on fecal pH, starch concentration, and shedding of Escherichia coli O157 in feedlot cattleB E Depenbusch
Department of Animal Sciences and Industry, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66505, USA
J Anim Sci 86:632-9. 2008..05) for heifers that were positive or negative for E. coli O157. Our data suggest that fecal shedding of E. coli O157 was not related to fecal pH or starch concentration in cattle fed grain-based diets... - Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns of Escherichia coli O157 isolates from Kansas feedlotsJ M Sargeant
Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
Foodborne Pathog Dis 3:251-8. 2006..The results support a complex ecology for E. coli O157 in feedlot operations, with factors associated with exposure and transmission likely acting at a common level for multiple feedlots, within feedlots, and within pens of cattle... - Neurotransmitter-stimulated ion transport across cultured bovine mammary epithelial cell monolayersC R Schmidt
Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506, USA
J Dairy Sci 84:2622-31. 2001..The in vitro system that we describe can be further exploited to characterize cellular and molecular mechanisms associated with mammary function in health and disease...