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Salmonella dublin infection in adult cattle: a slaughterhouse and knackery survey in South West Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

M. Hinton  and
B. M. Williams
M. Hinton
Affiliation:
Veterinary Investigation Centre, Job's Well Road, Carmarthen SA31 3EZ
B. M. Williams
Affiliation:
Veterinary Investigation Centre, Job's Well Road, Carmarthen SA31 3EZ
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A survey was carried out between June 1970 and December 1971 in which gall bladders from cattle either slaughtered for food consumption or disposed of through knackeries were cultured for salmonellas. Salmonella dublin was isolated from 28 of 1617 gall-bladders of adult cattle killed in the slaughterhouse at Carmarthen, and from 23 of 197 gall-bladders obtained from adult cattle sent to a knackery at Abergwili, near Carmarthen. The results are compared with a similar survey carried out in 1947 and 1948.

Between June and November 1971 gall-bladders and uteri were also obtained from a slaughterhouse in Newcastle Emlyn, North Carmarthenshire, and a knackery in Tanygroes, South Cardiganshire. S. dublin was cultured from two gall-bladders but from none of the uteri of the 161 slaughterhouse cases. Seven of the 46 cows from the knackery yielded S. dublin on culture: 2 in the gall-bladder only, 3 in the uterus only and 2 in both gall bladder and uterus.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 78 , Issue 1 , February 1977 , pp. 121 - 127
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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