Salmonella in Sheep in Iceland
In 1995 several outbreaks of food poisoning in humans occurred in Iceland, that were traced to salmonella contamination of singed sheep heads. This prompted us to study the prevalence of salmonella infection in sheep and to trace where and how infection might have occurred. Faecal, intestinal conten...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6373d9a6ae2a4450a0aca38e752843f8 2023-05-15T16:47:25+02:00 Salmonella in Sheep in Iceland Gunnarsson E Hjartardóttir S Sigvaldadóttir J 2002-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-43-43 https://doaj.org/article/6373d9a6ae2a4450a0aca38e752843f8 EN eng BMC http://www.actavetscand.com/content/43/1/43 https://doaj.org/toc/1751-0147 doi:10.1186/1751-0147-43-43 1751-0147 https://doaj.org/article/6373d9a6ae2a4450a0aca38e752843f8 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, Vol 43, Iss 1, Pp 43-48 (2002) faeces food poisoning gull raven salmonella sheep tonsillae Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 article 2002 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/1751-0147-43-43 2022-12-31T13:10:15Z In 1995 several outbreaks of food poisoning in humans occurred in Iceland, that were traced to salmonella contamination of singed sheep heads. This prompted us to study the prevalence of salmonella infection in sheep and to trace where and how infection might have occurred. Faecal, intestinal contents and tonsillar samples were collected in the spring and autumn from sheep on 50 farms in the southwestern part of the country, where salmonellosis had been detected and from 5 farms in the northwestern part of the country. All faecal samples from the southwest were negative, whereas samples from 3 farms obtained in the autumn in the northwest were positive. Tonsillae taken in the autumn were positive in sheep from 3 farms in the southwest and 2 in the northwest. Our results show that salmonella infection is rare in Icelandic sheep but healthy carriers may harbour the bacteria in tonsillae. Salmonella was not detected in drainage from slaughterhouses nor in singed sheep heads. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 43 1 43 |
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In 1995 several outbreaks of food poisoning in humans occurred in Iceland, that were traced to salmonella contamination of singed sheep heads. This prompted us to study the prevalence of salmonella infection in sheep and to trace where and how infection might have occurred. Faecal, intestinal contents and tonsillar samples were collected in the spring and autumn from sheep on 50 farms in the southwestern part of the country, where salmonellosis had been detected and from 5 farms in the northwestern part of the country. All faecal samples from the southwest were negative, whereas samples from 3 farms obtained in the autumn in the northwest were positive. Tonsillae taken in the autumn were positive in sheep from 3 farms in the southwest and 2 in the northwest. Our results show that salmonella infection is rare in Icelandic sheep but healthy carriers may harbour the bacteria in tonsillae. Salmonella was not detected in drainage from slaughterhouses nor in singed sheep heads. |
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Salmonella in Sheep in Iceland |
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Salmonella in Sheep in Iceland |
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Salmonella in Sheep in Iceland |
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