Bacteria in the Air of Housed Swine Units
- 1 August 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 32 (2) , 270-273
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.32.2.270-273.1976
Abstract
Two housed, swine-growing-finishing units were studied for numbers of total bacteria, fecal coliforms, Staphylococcus, and Salmonella in the air. At 30.5 and 122 cm from the floor, total colony-forming particles, as tested, averaged 3.4 × 105 and 1.3 × 105/m3 of air, respectively; whereas fecal coliform counts averaged 24 × 103 and 1.9 × 103/m3 of air, respectively. Only 41% of the organisms growing on Staphylococcus 110 medium tested as Staphylococcus. Of 458 Staphylococcus isolates, 5 were coagulase-positive. No Salmonella were detected in the air of the units tested.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Air Environment and Animal PerformanceJournal of Animal Science, 1972
- A Classification of Micrococci and Staphylococci Based on Physiological and Biochemical TestsJournal of General Microbiology, 1963