Wild birds carry similar Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains to those found in domestic animals and livestock

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-48

  Horton, R A ^a   Wu, G ^a   Speed, K ^a   Kidd, S ^a   Davies, R ^a   Coldham, N G ^a   Duff, J P ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domesticated animals; Livestock; MLVA; PFGE; Salmonella Typhimurium; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; APRAMYCIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; LIVESTOCK; MULTILOCUS VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BIRDS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; LIVESTOCK; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84878147585     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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