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Salmonellosis in wild mammals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

P. W. Jones  and
G. I. Twigg
P. W. Jones
Affiliation:
Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire
G. I. Twigg
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Royal Holloway College, (University of London), Englefield Green, Surrey
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One thousand two hundred and sixty-nine freeliving, wild mammals, representative of 16 species from estates in Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey, were examined for the presence of salmonellas. Salmonella typhimurium was isolated from 1 and S. dublin from 7 house mice (Mus musculus). There were no isolations from the other species examined. It was concluded that the house-mice infected with S. dublin acquired the organism from experimentally infected cattle.

The wild mammal population does not at present appear to constitute a reservoir for infection of domestic animals.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 77 , Issue 1 , August 1976 , pp. 51 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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