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| Title: | Investigations of waterborne pathogens in Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) from Telemark county, Southeast Norway |
| Authors: | Rosell, Frank
Rosef, Olav
Parker, Howard |
| Issue Date: | 2001 |
| Abstract: | The presence of pathogenic bacteria and parasites
in drinking water is a well-known cause of
human disease outbreaks. There is
however, a lack of knowledge of the contamination
routes to water. In Norway, the supply of
drinking water to the public and the food industry
is primarily based on chlorinated surface
water. Since the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber)
has a widespread distribution in southern Norway, and lives in water,
it may excrete pathogens into drinking water
sources. The present study was carried out to
examine whether beaver in Norway might be a
reservoir of parasites belonging to the protozoan
genera Giardia and Cryprosporidium, or
bacteria of the genera Campylobacter and
Salmonella. |
| Keywords: | Beavers
Fresh water
Parasitology
Microbiology
Pathogens
Drinking water |
| Publisher: | Den Danske Dyrlægeforening |
| Document type: | Journal article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2282/324 |
| Appears in Collections: | Institutt for natur-, helse- og miljøvernfag
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