Occurrence of new Salmonella types from South Africa.

Abstract

UPON bacteriological examination of day-old chicks imported by air from the Union of South Africa and found dead on arrival at Elizabethville, the following types of Salmonella were detected by culturing the bone marrow of fourteen of them on the usual media : 2 strains of S. saint paul (4,5,12 : e,h : 1,2) ; 1 strain of S. vejle (3,10 : e,h : 1,2); 1 strain of Salmonella unidentified, probably S. newport (6,8 : e,h : 1,2) rough.