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The bacteriological status of a specific-pathogen-free animal production building and of its staff and the microbiological integrity of the animals one year after the building was commissioned

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

R. J. Taylor
R. J. Taylor
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berks.
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Bacteriological contamination of a specific-pathogen-free (SPF) animal production building was more extensive after one year of operation than at the time of commissioning. Throat and nose swabs taken from the staff yielded a number of undesirable organisms, in particular, on one occasion, a Group A streptococcus. It is recommended that a closer bacteriological scrutiny of the staff of SPF production buildings ought perhaps to be made in the light of these findings.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 73 , Issue 2 , October 1974 , pp. 271 - 276
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1974

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