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Food animals, whether infected or asymp- or higher). However, there is also a potential
tomatic carriers, are sources of spoilage and for contamination with pathogens such as
pathogenic microorganisms. More specifi- Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella,
cally, animals carry microorganisms on their Campylobacter spp., and others (Gill and
external surfaces, including the gastrointes- Bryant 1992; Sofos et al. 1999a; Bacon et al.
tinal tract, which contaminate the environ- 2000; Reid et al. 2002; Koutsoumanis and
ment as well as food and water, forming a Sofos 2004; Koutsoumanis et al. 2006).
complete cycle. In general, external animal Reduction of pathogen contamination
surfaces, as well as their feces and the envi- levels in meat products could reduce the
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