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The occurrence and significance to animal health of Leptospira, Mycobacterium, Escherichia coli, Brucella abortus and Bacillus anthracis in sewage and sewage sludges

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

P. W. Jones ,
Lynne M. Rennison ,
P. R. J. Matthews ,
P. Collins  and
Anne Brown
P. W. Jones
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire
Lynne M. Rennison
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire
P. R. J. Matthews
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire
P. Collins
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire
Anne Brown
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire
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Samples of sewage, sewage sludge and sewage effluent from one or more of four sewage treatment plants were examined for the presence of Leptospira, Mycobacterium, Escherichia coli, Brucella abortus and Bacillus anthracis. Brucella abortus and Bacillus anthracis were not isolated. Eleven strains of E. coli potentially enteropathogenic for calves or piglets, eight pathogenic strains of Mycobacterium and one pathogenic Leptospira strain were isolated from 101, 189 and 189 samples respectively.

Sewage sludge is not considered to play a major part in the epidemiology of disease caused by these organisms.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 86 , Issue 1 , February 1981 , pp. 129 - 137
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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