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Bacteria in the air of housed Swine units
L F Elliott1, T M McCalla, J A Deshazer
1U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Lincoln, Nebraska 68503.
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 x 10 and 1.3 x 10/m of air, respectively; whereas fecal coliform counts averaged 24 x 10 and 1.9 x 10/m 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.
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