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Dianeric

Posted on Monday, Oct 27, 2003 - 12:32 pm:

I have ducks uphill from my horses and I regularly drain their swimming water, which runs into the horse pasture. Are the ducks creating a big Salmonella risk to my horses?
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DrO

Posted on Tuesday, Oct 28, 2003 - 12:09 pm:

There is probably an increased risk but we have no real way to evaluate the amount of risk. I would estimate it to be very small. Disease causing salmonella tend to be host adapted.
DrO
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