Epidemic of salmonellosis in passerine birds in Switzerland with spillover to domestic cats

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 597-606

  Giovannini, Samoa ^a   Pewsner, M ^a   Hussy D ^a,d   Hachler H ^b   Ryser Degiorgis, M P ^a   von Hirschheydt, J ^c   Origgi, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Centre for Laboratory Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cat; Crop; Esophagus; Eurasian siskin; Feeding places; PFGE analysis; Salmonellosis; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; CAT; CAT DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; ESOPHAGUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEASON; SONGBIRD; SWITZERLAND; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CAT DISEASES; CATS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMICS; ESOPHAGUS; GENOTYPE; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEASONS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84883104445     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985812465328     Document Type: Article

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