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The excretion of Salmonella typhimurium in the faeces of calves fed milk substitute

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

M. Hinton ,
E. A. Ali ,
Vivien Allen  and
A. H. Linton
M. Hinton
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Avon BS18 7DU, U.K.
E. A. Ali
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Avon BS18 7DU, U.K.
Vivien Allen
Affiliation:
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bristol, Langford House, Langford, Avon BS18 7DU, U.K.
A. H. Linton
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, The Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, U.K.
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A total of 495 calves in 16 batches were examined (117 calves in 4 batches in 1979 and 378 in 12 batches in 1982). They were purchased in markets, transported by road to a farm in Somerset and reared ona milk substitute diet for a period of up to five weeks. Salmonella typhimurium phage type DT 193 was endemic in 1979 and phage type DT 204c in 1982. The mortality rates in the two years were 9·4% and 1·9% respectively. The causes of death were not investigated although the majority were probably due to salmonellosis.

The rate of isolation of S. typhimurium from the rectal faeces of calves in all groups was either zero or relatively low on arrival. It rose to a peak (which was higher in 1979) in the second or third weeks before declining to low levels by the end of the fourth week of residence on the farm.

Data from 162 calves, examined twice weekly for four weeks in 1982, indicated that the distributionof infected calves, based on the number of times that S. typhimurium was isolated from each, was not random. The calves could be assigned to two main categories; those from which the organism was never isolated and those from which it was isolated at least twice. This suggested that salmonella infected calves actively excreted the organism.

The association between salmonella excretion and medication of sick animals with antibacterial drugs was strongest during the second week. Over the four-week period nearly 40% of the calves found to be excreting S. typhimurium were not treated, indicating a high incidence of subclinical infection.

Salmonella excretion by the calves followed a regular pattern and infection was self-limiting within five weeks. The peak in the salmonella excretion rate and the mortality rate were higher in 1979 when phage type DT 193 was the endemic strain. However, in 1982 the calves received 100 p.p.m. furazolidone in their milk ration during the first week of their stay on the farm, and this may have contributed to the differences noted between the two years.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 91 , Issue 1 , August 1983 , pp. 33 - 45
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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