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. 1993 Apr;110(2):261–265. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800068187

A point source outbreak of campylobacter infection related to bird-pecked milk.

T Riordan 1, T J Humphrey 1, A Fowles 1
PMCID: PMC2272262  PMID: 8472769

Abstract

A point source outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni affected 11 children in a day nursery. Milk consumed by the children was known to have been pecked by magpies on occasions. Illness was significantly associated with consumption of milk on a single morning. Examination of milk from a bottle pecked after the outbreak yielded campylobacters. The level of contamination was approximately six cells of C. jejuni per 500 ml of milk.

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