MVFH 809 : Foodborne Zoonotic Diseases

Department

Department of Food Hygiene

Academic Program

Master in Food hygiene control

Type

Compulsory

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Overview

The course deals with the common diseases that are transmitted through eating foods of animal origin in terms of the different causes of such diseases, sources of pollution, heat treatments of food and their effect on pathogens, symptoms of diseases in humans and animals, as well as how to prevent the transmission of such pathogens and methods of dealing with products of infected animals to eliminate pathogens, and the practical approach is exposed to how to isolate these pathogens.