Presence of Salmonella and Campylobacter spp. in wild small mammals on organic farms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 960-962

  Meerburg, B G ^a   Jacobs Reitsma, W F ^a   Wagenaar, J A ^a   Kijlstra, A ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MANURES; MICROORGANISMS;

CAMPYLOBACTER; INSECTIVORES; RODENTS; SALMONELLA;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; GENOTYPE; INSECTIVORE; MAMMAL; MANURE; ORGANIC FARMING; RODENT;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; INSECTIVORE; MANURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; RAT; RODENT; SALMONELLA; SWINE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VOLE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; SHREW; WILD ANIMAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.; SUS SCROFA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SHREWS;

EID: 33644868842     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.1.960-962.2006     Document Type: Article

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