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A study of the susceptibility of cattle to oral infection by salmonellas contained in raw sewage sludge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

G. A. Hall  and
P. W. Jones
G. A. Hall
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Nr Newbury, Berks RG16 ONN
P. W. Jones
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Council Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Nr Newbury, Berks RG16 ONN
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Raw sewage sludge, containing up to 105 naturally occurring salmonellas/l, was included in the diet of one group of cattle at the rate of 1 l/animal/day and in a second group at the rate of 1 l/animal/week. Sterilized sludge, to which had been added 105S. dublin/litre, was included in the diet of a third group of animals at the rate of 1 l/animal/day.

Salmonellas were isolated from all samples of raw sewage sludge but were not isolated from the faeces or carcasses of animals fed on the sludge. Salmonellas were isolated from the faeces of one animal and the carcasses of two animals fed on sterilized sludge to which S. dublin had been added.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 80 , Issue 3 , June 1978 , pp. 409 - 414
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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