Salmonella Aertrycke in Colitis of Foals

Abstract

The study by Graham, Reynolds and Hill,1 reporting the isolation of Salmonella enteritidis from horses and mules, is the only record of the isolation of food-poisoning bacilli from horses in the United States. These workers examined the organs of 35 horses which died following shipment. From 8 animals they isolated S. enteritidis. By feeding large amounts of the cultures to animals which previously had fasted, they were able to reproduce the disease. Paratyphoid bacilli have been isolated frequently from horses in Europe. Moulin and Amichau 2 described an outbreak of disease among cavalry horses. Paratyphoid bacilli were recovered from 11 of 31 horses. Combes 3 isolated paratyphoid organisms from 30 of 75 horses examined. They were associated with streptococci and bipolar bacilli. Schmidt 4 examined the feces of 42 horses. From 4 specimens paratyphoid bacilli were isolated. Stand fuss 5 reported the isolation of paratyphoid bacilli from 17 samples of horse meat. In 13 instance these were from horses with gastro-enteritis slaughtered in emergency. Urbain, Stocanne and Chaillot6 described a paratyphoid disease among horses in which 128 animals were infected and 8 died. Baumann and Gratzl7 iso-