Absence of Salmonella and Campylobacter species in fecal and cloacal swab samples from kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) on Codfish Island, New Zealand

Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 203-205

  Brangenberg, Naya ^a   Mclnnes, Catherine ^b   Connolly, Joanne H ^c   Rogers, Lynn E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Salmonella Typhimurium DT160; Salmonellosis kakapo; Strigops habroptilus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOACA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PARROT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SMEAR; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENTEROBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA; PASSER; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS;

EID: 1842841817     PISSN: 10826742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1647/2003-023     Document Type: Article

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