A search for the source ofCampylobacter jejuniin milk
- 1 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 93 (2) , 333-337
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400064871
Abstract
Summary: Samples of milk from 1501 cows with mastitis were negative forCampylobacter jejuni. The faeces of 74 healthy Friesian cows were screened forC. 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 × 104campylobacters 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.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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