Epidemiological survey of zoonotic pathogens in feral pigeons (Columba livia var. domestica) and sympatric zoo species in Southern Spain

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 22-27

  Cano Terriza, David ^a   Guerra, Rafael ^b   Lecollinet, Sylvie ^c   Cerdà Cuéllar, Marta ^d   Cabezón, Oscar ^e   Almería, Sonia ^d,e   García Bocanegra, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Ayuntamiento de Córdoba Parque Zoológico Municipal de Córdoba   (Spain)

^c ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

^d IRTA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian influenza viruses; Captive zoo animals; Feral pigeons; Flaviviruses; Salmonella spp.; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FERAL PIGEON; FLAVIVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA; SPAIN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; USUTU VIRUS; VIRUS; WEST NILE VIRUS; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; BLOOD; FECES; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; COLUMBIDAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FLAVIVIRUS; FLAVIVIRUS INFECTIONS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SPAIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84949784641     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2015.10.003     Document Type: Article

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