"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message


No, it doesn't. It says that the spores are found in those
locations,
and NOT that it reproduces in those locations.

Since the spores are still in the UK (as they are worldwide), it
is
immaterial whether the spores reproduce in the gut of mammals or
not.

The most likely source of infection for gardeners would in all
likelihood be from a wound sustained whilst gardening and such a
wound
could give acess to the spores. I doubt whether too many
gardeners
ingest a lot of soil and so don't need to worry about the
reproduction
or otherwise of tetanus spores in their gut..

My granny used to say, you have to eat a peck of dirt before you
die, so
people were expected to ingest soil.

Tough Granny. Did she give it to you in the form of sandwichs?