THE ROLE OF PIGS AS PHARYNGEAL CARRIERS OF HUMAN PATHOGENIC YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA STRAINS

From March 2007 to January 2008, a total of 170 pigs at slaughter were tested for Y.enterocolitica contamination in tonsils tissue.The animals Helmet Care came from 125 different farms located in four regions of Northern Italy.Y.enterocolitica was isolated from 19 out of 170 (11.2%) Air Conditioning tonsils samples.The prevalent bio-serotype (68.4%

In recent decades the Southeast Asia Countries have been affected by haze pollution which is caused by human activities in burning land/forest for plantation and/or agriculture.Indonesia is one of the major sources of the haze pollution in the region.The pollution does not stop at national borders only, but also causing transboundary pollution to t