Prevalence of Escherichia coli, Salmonella sp. and Campylobacter sp. in the intestinal flora of farm-reared, restocked and wild red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa): Is restocking using farm-reared birds a risk?

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-105

  Díaz Sánchez, Sandra ^a   Moriones, Ainhoa Mateo ^a   Casas, Fabián ^a   Höfle, Ursula ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Campylobacter sp.; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia coli; Prevalence; Red legged partridge; Restocking; Salmonella sp.

Indexed keywords

ALECTORIS RUFA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER SP.; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA SP.;

EID: 84856739615     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-011-0547-5     Document Type: Article

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