Avian Salmonellosis

Salmonellae from Faeces of Domestic Animals

“…In 50% of cases they were able to isolate from one or more of the animals the same type of salmonella as from the human excreter. Hinshaw, McNeil, and Taylor (1944) also have drawn attention to cases of gastro-enteritis among attendants on poultry farms which have occurred simultaneously with outbreaks of clinical salmonella infection among the poultry. They are of the opinion that in some instances agricultural workers may be the sources of infection for poultry.…”

The Occurrence of Salmonella Types in Australia. 3.

“…S. new-hrmiswich (III, .XV; lv; 1, 7) which we first recorded for Australia in Paper 2 of this series (one strain only) and which we again record in the present series (three strains) has the same O antigens as S. newington and was defined by Edwards in the same paper. Both these types were first isolated from birds and have subsequently been found causing outbreaks of disease in turkeys (Hinshaw et al 1943(Hinshaw et al , 1944. S. newington seems commoner than S. new-brum.swiclc in man; Edwards and Bruner (1943) listed 31 out of a-total of 65 strains of S. newington as derived from human carriers or cases of gastro-enteritis, whereas no human strains of S. new-irunswiolc appeared out of their total of 43.…”

Observations on the Occurrence of Salmonellae in Domestic Animals and Birds in Queensland.

“…The types isolated aiid the species of bird from which they were recorered are given in Table I . It is interesting to note that eleven types were isolated from eighteen outbreaks in chickens, whereas Hinshaw, McNeil and Taylor (1944) identified only twelve types from fortysix outbreaks in U.S.A. Gordon and Ruxton (1946) recovered from two hundred and seventeen outbreaks in Great Hritaiii, a t the most, seventeen types (ten of their strains were incompletely identified).…”

“…Hinshaw, McNeil and Taylor (1944) commenting on one outbreak of s. give infection in chickens and four outbreaks in turkeys state that the mortality associated with this type in birds appears to be negligible. I n our two outbreaks of 8. give infection in baby chicks the mortality rates were 50 out of 400 (25 per cent.)…”