[Experimental study of the aftereffects of feeding rats certain types of canned fish].

For 3 years fish canned goods were added to the ration of rats. These additions included atlantic herring in tomato gravy ("Stavrida"), dressed sprat in tomato gravy (sprats-small-sized) or sprat in vegetable oil ("Sprat"). Rats receiving canned "small-sized sprats" or "sprats developed much more often malignant tumors of different localization than did the animals fed on "Stavrida" or control rats.

[Role of E. coli 06 in the epidemiology of acute intestinal diseases].

The authors demonstrated the etiological role of E. coli 06 in group acute intestinal diseases with the clinical picture of food poisoning. The leading role of the food factor in the spread of this infection was established.