Some investigations on Salmonella distribution in several animal species in and around Sapporo have been performed. Data are summarized as follows : 1. Eleven Strains of Salmonella organism in total were isolated from 1,233 cases of animals mainly including cattle, hog, dog, fox etc. 2. Salmonella types found were S. enteritidis (5) from cattle, dogs, fox and cat, S. typhimurium (3) from dog, fox and rat, one each S. thompson from hog, S. cerro from fox and S. amager from mink. 3. The isoiation of Salmonella cerro and Salmonella amager were the first to be made in Japan. 4. Besides Salmonella, 4 Bethesda-paracolon group organisms were also isolated from cow, hogs and fox
