an outbreak of c welchii type c enterotoxaemia in young lambs in south west scotland. | | 1975 | 164082 |
food poisoning in hospitals in scotland. | a review of 50 hospital-based outbreaks of food poisoning which were reported in scotland during 1973--7, is described. at least 1530 persons consuming hospital-prepared food were involved. thirty-one episodes were associated with clostridium perfringens (c. welchii), 11 were due to food-borne salmonella infection, three to enterotoxigenic staphylococcus aureus, and five incidents were of undetermined aetiology. this differs noticeably from the experience in england and wales where salmonellas a ... | 1979 | 489961 |
food poisoning in hospitals in scotland, 1978-87. | during the 10-year period 1978-87 there were 48 outbreaks of food poisoning in scottish hospitals affecting a total of 2287 persons of whom 12 died. this compared with 50 outbreaks during the previous 5 years (1973-77) when over 1500 persons and 7 deaths were recorded. although the incidence of outbreaks has decreased the average number of persons affected in outbreaks has increased. a marked reduction was seen in the incidence of outbreaks due to clostridium perfringens, in contrast to foodborn ... | 1988 | 2905670 |
a negative serological relationship between cases of grass sickness in scotland and clostridium perfringens type a enterotoxin. | in an attempt to compare the equine grass sickness as reported in europe with that described in the republic of colombia, sera from horses experiencing grass sickness in scotland were used in neutralisation tests with clostridium perfringens type a enterotoxin. the sera, from acute and chronic cases of the disease, failed to neutralise either crude or partially-purified enterotoxin. neither were precipitin lines formed when the sera were treated against the toxin in immunoelectrophoresis. these ... | 1981 | 6263613 |
a survey of ethnic foods for microbial quality and aflatoxin content. | a range of ethnic foods was examined for their microbiological content in relation to total viable counts (tvc) of aerobic bacteria, counts of presumptive coliforms, yeast and mould counts; presence of salmonella spp., listeria monocytogenes, escherichia coli o157:h7 and campylobacter spp.; total enumeration of clostridium perfringens, staphylococcus aureus and bacillus spp.; identification of moulds and the presence of total aflatoxins. samples, which included cereals, nuts, dried fruits, herbs ... | 2001 | 11288910 |
necrotic enteritis in mute swans associated with cyanobacterial toxins. | | 2004 | 15144011 |