Survival of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis in slurry.
Cattle and swine slurry and a mixture of equal parts of both, was mixed with a culture of M. paratuberculosis, 0.1 mg per ml (1 mg = 33 X 10(6) viable units) and stored under anaerobic conditions at 5 degrees and 15 degrees C. At 5 degrees C the survival time for M. paratuberculosis was 252 days in all 3 kinds of slurry, and at 15 degrees C it was 98 days in cattle slurry, 182 days in swine slurry, and 168 days in mixed slurry.
D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002417:Cattle / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000502:physiology*; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D013048:Specimen Handling; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology*; D013696:Temperature; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology