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Biocontained Carcass Composting for Control of Infectious Disease Outbreak in Livestock
Published on: May 6, 2010
[Microbiological pollution of the environment due to breeding. I. Enterobacteriaceae due to cattle breeding]
Abstract:
Enterobacteriaceae from faeces of cattle belonging to four cattle farms situated in the Ferrara district were investigated. At the same time, investigation was made of effluent sewage and recipient wells (upstream and downstream). The cattle (of the Italian Frisona breed) resulted uncontaminated by Salmonellae, but proved to be very susceptible to Arizona, Citrobacter, Shigella and S. gallinarum-pullorum infections, coming from the environment. Predominant species in faeces were as follows: Proteus, Klebsiella, Enterbacter and coliforms. One farm proved to be heavily polluted by Edwardsiella tarda. Yersinia enterocolitica strains were also isolated from faeces and sewage.
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