Cinthya Quinonez Period 2 Fast Food Nations Guided Reading Questions Chapter 6: On the Range(the ranching industry ) 15. How do development pressures and the dictates of the fast food industry affect the cattle business? The fast food industry has become a growing epidemic that has continued to grow. Because of this increase in the industry the way that meat is made has become more simple than ever. There are humongous machines that cut down all the parts of the meat however the problem
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• What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. The infectious agent I choose is the Norovirus. The Norovirus is a small virus that is highly contagious. The Norovirus is also the most common cause of gastroenteritis. Gastroenteritis is often referred to as the stomach flu. Gastroenteritis is the inflammation of gastrointestinal tract. This includes the stomach and intestines. The inflammation usually
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Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser Tutorial: “What’s in the meat” – Meat and potatoes Overview: A look into how the meat is prepared. What is in the meat that we don’t know about but still consume. How consumers love it because it’s cheap‚ quick and easy. Processing of meat‚ errors associated with the process of beef and chicken. Image Analysis: An effective image employs specific techniques to relay its purpose. This image of 6 year old Alex Donley uses the following techniques to influence
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Some people may see pesticides in just an agricultural or yard maintenance sense‚ such as insecticides to protect fruits and vegetables from deterioration and infection from pathogens or insects that may inflict damage upon them or herbicides used on golf courses to maintain the lush‚ perfect looking grass free of weeds for playing gold. These are not necessarily the only type of pesticides‚ however. It must be known that antibacterial
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Reported last year ABC new reported six thousand were sickened by foodborne illness from school illness in the last decade. ABC News primetime investigation‚ reporters found dead rodents were found feet away from where the food was being prepared.Roaches were crawling along fifthly floors‚dishwashers that don’t clean school
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The second reason is that based on the scenario‚ these are more sufficient potential food poisoning agents that has different diagnosis which can help identify that one foodborne illness‚ causing all those sickness. This also helps us narrow it down from various other foodborne illness‚ which aids us to focus more on the agent that fits the scenario. This will help us to immediately help using the correct control
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Septicemia – blood poisoning systemic infection arising from multiplication of pathogens in blood 6. Bacteremia – presence of bacteria in blood‚ Toxemia – presence of toxins in blood and viremia – presence of virus in blood 7. Primary infection – acute infection that causes initial illness 8. Secondary infection – caused by an opportunistic pathogen after primary weakens defenses 9. Subclinical (inapparent) infection is one that does not cause any noticeable
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Cyclospora cayetanensis Synonym: Cryptosporidium cayetanensis Tauxe‚ 1997 lapsus Synonym: Cyclospora cayetenensis Duluol‚ Teilhac‚ Poirot‚ Heyer‚ Beaugerie‚ & Chatelet‚ 1996 lapsus Updated: 31 October 2001 E-mail: Steve J. Upton Division of Biology‚ Kansas State University‚ Manhattan‚ KS 66506 Main menu: Cryptosporidium homepage History: The first published report of Cyclospora cayetanensis in humans appears to be by Ashford (1979)‚ who found unidentified Isospora-like coccidia in the feces
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Hepatitis A Write a 75 to 100 words response to each of the following questions. What is the infection agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example the name of the bacteria‚ virus or parasite. Hepatitis A is an acute infectious disease of the liver caused by the a virus (HAU)‚ an RNA virus usually spread by the fecal-oral route‚ transmitted person to person by ingestion of contaminated food or water through direct contact with an infectious person. For example a person
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Infection Control What causes people to get sick? How is disease spread from one person to another person? What can be done to stop the spread of infection and disease? As a health care worker‚ it is important to know the answers to these questions. When you understand what causes infection‚ you can learn how to prevent it. Infection control is a set of practices and procedures that will help to prevent the transmission of disease within a health care facility. Infectious and Communicable Diseases
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