0 a place where animals are killed for food; slaughterhouse. -- lò mổ
Generally, three tools can be identified : organism detection in faeces, organism detection in post-mortem samples collected at the abattoir, and detection of serum antibodies.
Work to reduce carriage in cattle and crosscontamination in the abattoir will serve to reduce the risk further.
Occupational exposure (sewer workers, abattoir workers, veterinarians, farmers) to leptospires is common.
The subjects were randomly selected among the farm workers and abattoir employees enrolled in the food-handler regional register.
One half was randomly assigned to on-farm necropsy, the other half to abattoir necropsy.
We also thank all the abattoirs and the farmers for their cooperation.
This analysis was conducted for samples collected on farm and for the combined on-farm and abattoir results.
The number of herds selected at each abattoir was proportional to the number of herds in that area.
