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A comparison of salmonella serotypes found in the faeces of gulls feeding at a sewage works with serotypes present in the sewage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

D. R. Fenlon
D. R. Fenlon
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Division, The North of Scotland College of Agriculture, 581 King Street, Aberdeen, AB9 1UD
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The numbers of salmonella serotypes in raw sewage, sewage sludge and final effluent at a sewage treatment works were determined. Resting gulls which had previously been feeding on the sewage were disturbed and individual faecal samples tested for the presence of salmonellae. The serotypes were compared with those in the sewage. Six serotypes were isolated from the sewage, Salmonella Stanley being found in all types of sample. Eleven of the twenty gull faeces samples were positive for salmonellae, a carriage rate of 55%. Seven serotypes were found, S. stanley being most frequent. Three serotypes were found in both sewage and gull faeces.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 91 , Issue 1 , August 1983 , pp. 47 - 52
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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