Epidemiologic and pathologic aspects of Salmonella Typhimurium infection in passerine birds in Norway

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 64-72

  Refsum, Thorbjøorn ^a   Vikøren, Turid ^a   Handeland, Kjell ^a   Kapperud, Georg ^b,c   Holstad, Gudmund ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Passerines; Pathology; Salmonella epizootic; Salmonella Typhimurium; Salmonellosis; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

ACANTHIS FLAMMEA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARDUELIS; CARDUELIS CHLORIS; CARDUELIS FLAMMEA; CARDUELIS SPINUS; CHLORIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PASSERIFORMES; PYRRHULA PYRRHULA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CARRIER STATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN;

EID: 0141993281     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.1.64     Document Type: Article

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