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The Incidence of Clostridium botulinum in Farmed Trout Raised in Great Britain
Author(s) -
CANN D. C.,
TAYLOR LESLEY Y.,
HOBBS G.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1975.tb00579.x
Subject(s) - trout , incidence (geometry) , clostridium botulinum , fish <actinopterygii> , veterinary medicine , fishery , botulism , biology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , toxin , optics , physics
The incidence of Clostridium botulinum in farmed trout has been studied. Seventeen farms were visited; 5 in Scotland, 2 in Wales and 10 in England. Fourteen hundred trout were examined and the incidence of Cl. botulinum in whole fish and viscera was 9·4 and 11·0%, respectively. The organism was demonstrated in 13 of the 17 farms examined ranging from 2·9 to 100%. Four visits to one farm showed only a slight variation in the incidence of the organism.