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A search for the source of Campylobacter jejuni in milk

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Sally C. Waterman ,
R. W. A. Park  and
A. J. Bramley
Sally C. Waterman
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Reading University, London Road, Reading RG1 5AQ
R. W. A. Park
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Reading University, London Road, Reading RG1 5AQ
A. J. Bramley
Affiliation:
National Institute for Research in Dairying, Shinfield, Reading RG2 9AT
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Samples of milk from 1501 cows with mastitis were negative for Campylobacter jejuni. The faeces of 74 healthy Friesian cows were screened for C. jejuni: 13% of the samples were positive during the summer when the cows were on pasture, and 51% were positive in the winter when the cows were housed. Positive samples contained on average 1 × 104 campylobacters per g faeces.

It is concluded that faecal contamination rather than udder infection is the means by which campylobacters enter milk and thereby infect man.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 93 , Issue 2 , October 1984 , pp. 333 - 337
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1984

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