Free-living Waterfowl as a Source of Zoonotic Bacteria in a Dense Wild Bird Population Area in Northeastern Spain

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 516-521

  Antilles, N ^a   Sanglas, A ^a   Cerda Cuellar M ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECERCA EN SANITAT ANIMAL CRESA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Campylobacter; Salmonella; Spain; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL; BIRD; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SPAIN; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIRDS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SPAIN; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84940579481     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12169     Document Type: Article

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