Goats as a means of propagation of Mediterranean fever

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Title:	Goats as a means of propagation of Mediterranean fever
Other Titles:	Reports of the commission appointed by the Admiralty, the War Office, and the Civil Government of Malta, for the investigation of Mediterranean fever, under the supervision of an advisory committee of the Royal Society
Authors:	Horrocks, W. H.
Keywords:	Brucellosis -- 20th century Brucella melitensis Brucellosis in goats -- Malta -- 20th century Contaminated milk -- Malta -- 20th century Bacteriology -- Experiments Zoonoses -- Experiments Zammit, Themistocles, 1864-1935 Milk -- Pasteurization
Issue Date:	1906-04
Citation:	Horrocks, W. H. (1906). Goats as a means of propagation of Mediterranean fever. Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, VI(4), 381-402.
Abstract:	In Part III. of the Reports of the Commission a preliminary note was published on this subject, in which it was shown that goats in Malta suffer from Mediterranean fever, and excrete the micrococcus melitensis in their milk and urine. The further study of this subject may be divided into the following parts :- (1) Examination of goats living in pens (a) in the immediate neighbourhood of Valletta and Sliema, and (b) in the mow remote parts of the Island. (2) Experiments made to determine the possibility of infecting animals by feeding them on milk cultures and infected milk. (3) Experiments to determine the mode in which the goats themselves become infected. (4) Experiments to determine whether it is possible to destroy the M. melitensis by pasteurisation of the infected milk.
URI:	https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/105704
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