Cockroaches appear to be suitable mechanical transmitters for a wide range of food borne pathogenic microorganisms due to their habit of feeding on excreta or garbage and occurrence in places where food is stored or handled. Therefore, they can play a significant role in the dissemination of...
Download PDF ↓COVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). It can present as asymptomatic, mild, or severe pneumonia, with the latter exhibiting signs of multiorgan dysfunction and contributing to millions of deaths. Limited predictive laboratory...
Download PDF ↓Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is a major global concern for public health. This laboratorybased study was conducted at the University of Zambia, School of Veterinary Medicine (UNZAVet) laboratory. The study aimed at developing an in-house test to detect SARS-CoV-2 using the recombinant...
Download PDF ↓Escherichia coli and Klebsiella spp. are the most common coliforms that cause clinical mastitis and are responsible for the disease in about 40% of cases in dairy animals. The presence of E. coli and K. pneumoniae in raw milk poses a threat to human health as consumption of contaminated raw milk...
Download PDF ↓Coronavirus disease of 2019 is an infectious disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. It is a highly transmissible emerging pathogen in humans. Primarily, infection happens when the spike glycoprotein on the surface of the virus binds to the host cell receptors resulting in a variate of asymptomatic and...
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