faecal contamination

collocation in English

meaningsoffaecalandcontamination

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faecal
adjective
uk
/ˈfiː.kəl/
us
/ˈfiː.kəl/
consisting of, contained in, or relating to the solid waste passed out of the body of a human or animal through ...
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contamination
noun[U]
uk
/kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
us
/kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
the process of making something dirty or poisonous, or the state of containing unwanted or dangerous ...
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(Definition offaecalandcontaminationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffaecal contamination

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In our investigation we foundfaecalcontaminationindicators in almost all of the sites.
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In the two implicated restaurants, the most likely mechanism of contamination was throughfaecalcontamination of food handled by the two employees identified as carriers.
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Few studies have investigated either the level offaecalcontaminationby rabbits on farms with a paratuberculosis problem, or the potential infectivity of rabbit excreta.
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Cultures for bacterial indicator organisms were carried out to evaluate the water quality and specifically to look for evidence offaecalcontamination.
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Humans contract ascariasis by ingestion of embryonated eggs throughfaecalcontamination.
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Indicators offaecalcontaminationwere found in samples from the private untreated water supply, but norovirus could not be identified.
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The epidemics may have been caused byfaecalcontaminationof well water following rain.
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The methods used were : multiple tube fermentation method forfaecalcontaminationindicators and membrane filtration techniques for salmonella, aeromonas and vibrio.
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Faecalcontaminationof the salad at source was the most probable explanation for the diversity of viruses detected and characterized.
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Of all the sites tested the wells never showed anyfaecalcontaminationindicators.
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It is no longer acceptable to use faecal coliforms as an indicator offaecalcontaminationwhen many thermotolerant species are not necessarily faecal in origin.
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Widespreadfaecalcontaminationof the environment occurs due to poor and congested housing conditions and insufficient sanitary facilities.
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The suspicion of unhygienic swimming-pool water was confirmed by the total coliform count, althoughfaecalcontaminationwas not specifically demonstrated.
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Few studies have investigated either the level offaecalcontaminationby rabbits on farms, or the potential infectivity of rabbit excreta.
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The disease is found most frequently in geographical regions and situations, such as refugee camps, wherefaecalcontaminationof the drinking water supply is frequent.
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There are several reasons why coliform organisms are chosen as indicators offaecalcontamination.
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No correlation was found between aeromonas and the indicators offaecalcontamination.
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