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Abstract
Summary
The effect of food and water deprivation (stress) on asymptomatic carriage of Salmonella was investigated in mice given Salmonella typhimurium intra-nasally. Groups of mice were killed and examined by cultural and serological techniques before, during, and after a 3-day stress period. The numbers of salmonellae in the stomach, small intestine, and caecum+large intestine increased during the stress period, with the greatest increases occurring after 2–3 days. Stress-induced changes within the carrier animal apparently allo wthe multiplication of salmonellae to occur throughout the gastro-intestinal tract.
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© Society for General Microbiology, 1972