AHRI report No.18

POISONING OF DUCKS BY CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM TYPE C

1.     Taiwan Provincial Institute for Animal Health. 
2.     Hokkaido Branch Laboratory, National lnsitute of Animal Health. 
3.     Dept. of Forestry and Agriculture Taiwan Provincial Government. 
4.     Taichung Hsien Liverstock Disease Control Center. 

Y. S. LU1 , RYOZO AZUMA2 , S. Y. CHIU3 , S. Q. PENG3 , C. S. WEI4 ,M.B. LIU4, D. F. LIN', Y. L. LEE', S. Y. YANG'. C.H. WANG'

Poisoning of ducks occured in 14 duck ranches with 22,450 ducks and 29 turkeys at 3 towns, Long-Gin, Wu-Chi, and Ta An, Taichung County on Oct. 4, 1981. Seventy thousand two hundred and thirty (32%) of them were discarded within 4 days of outbreak. Toxin of C. botulinum type C was isolated from milk-fish but not from the feed. This was the first case of Clostridium botulinum type C contaminated milkfish poisoning in Taiwan. 

Clostridium botulinum