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Abstract
Domestic swine faeces and fresh faeces from trapped barnyard rats were heavily contaminated with Prototheca zopfii, a cause of dairy cow mastitis. When the pigs and rats were maintained on Prototheca-free diets, the transient intestinal population of P. zopfii decreased precipitously and disappeared. When combined with the information that other farm animals excrete P. zopfii, it was concluded that contaminated animal feed may be the source of large numbers of P. zopfii in the farm environment. We found P. zopfii in wet spoiled feed. Rats are logical vectors for contamination of feed.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3278239 DOI: 10.1007/bf00452891
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mycopathologia ISSN: 0301-486X Impact factor: 2.574