Bacterial pathogens in wild birds: A review of the frequency and effects of infection

Biological Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-373

  Benskin, Clare McW H ^a   Wilson, Kenneth ^a   Jones, Keith ^a   Hartley, Ian R ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian bacteria I diseases; Detection methods; Enteropathogens; Exposure; Human waste; Pathogen transmission; Salmonella; Sewage; Susceptibility; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIRD DISEASE; BODY SIZE; BOTULISM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; TICK BORNE DISEASE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMONELLA;

EID: 67849090102     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00076.x     Document Type: Review

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