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Human Food Diseases
Dietary Trends
Food Quality and Safety
Brucellosis and Food Products
100
Causes diarrhea, fever, headache, and other flu symptoms. Poultry products (raw eggs), birds are major carriers, including their droppings. 

What is Samoella? 

100
Omnivore. 

What kind of animal are humans?

100
Building blocks of protein contain 26 total proteins and 13 essential proteins. 

What are amino acids?

100

A disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans through contaminated beef. 

What is brucellosis?
200

Protozoan disease carried by animal feces causes diarrhea, which is common in cattle (and other ruminants) and causes scours (diarrhea). 

What is Giardia? 

200

Milk and eggs. 

What are some nutrient-dense foods?

200

Disease outbreaks due to unsanitary and unprocessed food. 

Why is the American public concerned about food safety?

200

Flu-like symptoms. 

What are the symptoms of brucellosis in humans?

300

Protozoan disease is believed to be caused by animal feces. Causes severe diarrhea. Common in confined cattle (fecal contamination of water sources). 

What is Cryptosporidium? 
300

Red meat contains myoglobin. 

What is the difference between red and white meat?

300

Changes in genetics, including the size of animals such as chickens and swine (both have increased in size over the past 50 years). 

What are some big changes in food products? 

300

Bison --> Elk --> Cattle

How does brucellosis get transmitted to cattle?

400

Infects the large intestine, causes kidney failure, and causes diarrhea. Traced to animal products such as undercooked beef and raw milk. 

What is E. coli?

400
High fat content, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, smoking, low HDL cholesterol, obesity, and inactivity. 

What causes CHD?

400

The degeneration of nervous tissue in the brain causes a severe neurological disorder ending in death.

What is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Mad Cow Disease (BSE)? 

400

It is believed to have originated in cattle. 

Did brucellosis originate in bison or cattle?
500

Similar to Salmonella, a major contributor to food poisoning. Found in poultry. Causes diarrhea in poultry. 

What is Campylobacter?

500

High consumption of fats is generally correlated to an increased risk of cancer. 

Can high consumption of fats cause cancer?

500

Chronic wasting disease in wildlife/deer scrapies in sheep, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), and Kuru (common with cannibalism) in humans. 

What are other forms of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE)?

500

Eliminated grazing on the borders of Yellowstone Park, reduced/discouraged bison leaving the Park, controversial efforts to relocate bison. 

What efforts are being made to contain brucellosis?