Prevalences of zoonotic bacteria among seabirds in rehabilitation centers along the Pacific Coast of California and Washington, USA

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 735-744

  Steele, Christine M ^a,b   Brown, Richard N ^a   Botzler, Richard G ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ABR Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Rehabilitation centers; Seabirds; Zoonotic bacteria

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LARUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; URIA AALGE;

EID: 33144454383     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.4.735     Document Type: Article

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