FOODBORNE RISK TRACEABILITY
cod. 1008427

Anno accademico 2021/22
2° anno di corso - Primo semestre
Docente
Gerardo MANFREDA
Settore scientifico disciplinare
Ispezione degli alimenti di origine animale (VET/04)
Ambito
Attività formative affini o integrative
Tipologia attività formativa
Affine/Integrativa
24 ore
di attività frontali
3 crediti
sede: -
insegnamento
in INGLESE

Modulo dell'insegnamento integrato: Farm biosecurity and foodborne risk

Obiettivi formativi

Students will acquire knowledges on traditional and innovative methods applied in official controls for tracing backward from consumer to fork, principal bacterial pathogens found in food of animal origin and associated to foodborne illnesses. Moreover, students will be initialised to use molecular databases available internationally for tracking microbial risks aiming at improving food safety for consumers

Prerequisiti

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Contenuti dell'insegnamento

• Taxonomic classification of bacteria: genus, species, subtype
• EU regulations related to surveillance of zoonotic bacterial pathogens, information management system and approved methods for official controls (IMSOC) for foodborne outbreaks
• Phenotypic methods for bacterial typing: serotyping, biotyping and matrix assisted laser desorption/ionisation – time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)-based typing
• Genotypic methods for bacterial typing: pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Multilocus sequence typing (MLST); Multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA), whole genome sequencing related typing (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNPs) calling, core and whole genome MLST (cgMLST, wgMLST)
• Genotypic and phenotypic characterisation of antimicrobial resistance
• Molecular international databases available on the main foodborne pathogens: example of application for epidemiological studies
• Example of application of different techniques for epidemiological typing in the food industry.

Programma esteso

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Bibliografia

Notes of lectures; scientific publications

Metodi didattici

Oral lectures, scientific seminaries, laboratory activities
Teaching tools
projector, computer, instruments of microbiological laboratory

Modalità verifica apprendimento

This course is part of the integrated subject "FARM BIOSECURITY AND FOODBORNE RISK” which also includes "FARM BIOSECURITY AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES PREVENTION". Final grading of the entire integrated course is calculated as an average of the scores obtained in the two courses of " FARM BIOSECURITY AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES PREVENTION " and "BACTERIAL TRACEABILITY AND FOOD SAFETY". The examination commission includes teachers of both courses.

The oral examination will verify the theoretical and applicative knowledges of the student. Particularly positive will be evaluated the ability to move within the different topics and the achievement of an organic knowledge of the topics presented during the lessons.

Altre informazioni

http://www.distal.unibo.it/
See the website of Gerardo Manfreda

Obiettivi agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile

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