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An investigation into the potential hazard to animal health of effluent sludge from dairy factories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

P. W. Jones ,
Janice Bew  and
D. B. Gammack
P. W. Jones
Affiliation:
Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berks.
Janice Bew
Affiliation:
Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berks.
D. B. Gammack
Affiliation:
Unigate Central Laboratory, Western Avenue, Acton, London
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Sixty-three samples of the more solid material (sludge) separated from the effluent plants of dairy factories were examined for the presence of salmonellas and brucellas. Salmonellas were isolated from two samples (S. heidelberg. [1]; S. indiana [1]). No brucellas were isolated. None of the samples supported the growth of S. dublin. Salmonellas added to effluent sludge at a concentration of 106 organisms/ml, survived less than 70 days.

The sludge from dairy factory effluent plants does not appear to be a source for the spread of salmonellosis or brucellosis.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 75 , Issue 1 , August 1975 , pp. 143 - 149
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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