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Poultry-borne salmonellosis in Scotland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

W. J. Reilly ,
G. I. Forbes ,
J. C. M. Sharp ,
S. I. Oboegbulem ,
P. W. Collier  and
G. M. Paterson
W. J. Reilly
Affiliation:
Communicable Diseases (Scotland) Unit, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow G20 9NB
G. I. Forbes
Affiliation:
Scottish Home and Health Department, Edinburgh
J. C. M. Sharp
Affiliation:
Communicable Diseases (Scotland) Unit
S. I. Oboegbulem
Affiliation:
Communicable Diseases (Scotland) Unit
P. W. Collier
Affiliation:
Communicable Diseases (Scotland) Unit
G. M. Paterson
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland, Glasgow
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Between 1980–5, 224 outbreaks of salmonellosis associated with poultry-meat were reported in Scotland. In total 2245 persons were affected, 12 of whom died. Twenty-one salmonella serotypes were identified from those affected, while 33 serotypes were isolated from poultry during routine monitoring and disease investigation. Existing measures to prevent the spread of salmonellae within poultry flocks and processing plants are failing. It is suggested that irradiation of poultry-meat may be the only effective method of reducing the public health problem of poultry-borne salmonellosis.

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Special Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 101 , Issue 1 , August 1988 , pp. 115 - 122
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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