Beef means meat of cattle, mutton means meat of sheep, chevon means meat of flesh of the goat used as food, venison means
meat of dear, fish means meat of fish and shellfish, poultry means chicken , duck, geese, turkey, pigeon and rabbit.
Beef, mutton, chevon, venison, fish and poultry meat act as a main sources of animal protein, In recent decades, viruses have
been increasingly known as important causes of foodborne diseases mostly due to the improved methods of diagnosis and
investigation of viruses. Viruses transmission through consumption of infected beef, mutton, chevon, venison, fish and poultry
meat products or contact with contaminated beef, mutton, chevon, venison, fish and poultry meat products and water is now
well known. The viruses most frequently involved in foodborne infections are public noroviruses, hepatitis A virus, human
rotavirus, and hepatitis E virus.
Beef, mutton, chevon, venison, fish and poultry meat act as major sources of animal protein, NoV and RV infections are common
cause of acute human gastroenteritis, while hepatitis A virus and hepatitis E virus cause human hepatitis worldwide. Most of
the cases remain unreported due to subclinical cases |
