Abstract
A survey was carried out on Salmonella distribution among house rats in Hiroshima City in February, 1960. The materials used were feces (rectal contents) collected aseptically from house rats. Bacterial detection was performed on the feces by enrichment cultivation techniques (with selenite broth-, McConkey agar).
The results obtained are as follows.
1. From the feces of 102 house rats, 3 strains (2.9 per cent) of Salmonella were detected.
2. These strains were classified into 2 types: 2 strains of S. enteritidis, 1 strain of S. senftenberg.
