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Clostridium botulinum in Scottish fish farms and farmed trout

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

G. F. Burns  and
H. Williams
G. F. Burns
Affiliation:
Microbiology Laboratory, Highland Health Board, Inverness
H. Williams
Affiliation:
Microbiology Laboratory, Highland Health Board, Inverness
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Rainbow trout and specimens of pond mud were collected from three fish farms and examined for the presence of Clostridium botulinum. Two of the farms were constructed with concrete channels and one was mud-bottomed.

Cl. botulinum was isolated only from the mud-bottomed farm (24% of muds), and the isolates were all non-proteolytic type B. The implications of the presence of Cl. botulinum spores in the mud of fish farms is discussed.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 74 , Issue 1 , February 1975 , pp. 1 - 6
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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