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An anaerobic organism associated with “Bone-taint” in beef

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. B. Haines  and
W. J. Scott
R. B. Haines
Affiliation:
Low Temperature Research Station, Cambridge
W. J. Scott
Affiliation:
Low Temperature Research Station, Cambridge
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1. A Clostridium, non-pathogenic to laboratory animals and not producing toxin, but in some ways resembling Cl. oedematiens, was isolated from the hip joint in a case of “bone-taint” in beef.

2. It was demonstrated in the synovial fluid, the periosteum, the Haversian canals, the bone marrow of the femur, and in associated muscular and connective tissue and blood vessels.

3. Examination of forty hip joints from normal carcases indicated that thirty-eight were sterile, one heavily infected with a Streptococcus, possibly of the faecalis type, and one with a rod, probably a member of the Proteus group.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 40 , Issue 2 , March 1940 , pp. 154 - 161
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1940

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