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Salmonella Amager, Campylobacter jejuni, and urease-positive thermophilic Campylobacter found in free-flying peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Sweden

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Title: Salmonella Amager, Campylobacter jejuni, and urease-positive thermophilic Campylobacter found in free-flying peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Sweden
Authors: Palmgren, Helena, 1955, Broman, Tina, Waldenström, Jonas, Lindberg, Peter, Aspán, Anna, Olsen, Björn, 1958
Source: digitalisering@umu Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 40(3):583-587
Subject Terms: Animals, Bird Diseases/*epidemiology/microbiology, Campylobacter/*isolation & purification, Campylobacter Infections/epidemiology/veterinary, Campylobacter jejuni/isolation & purification, Disease Reservoirs/*veterinary, Feces/microbiology, Raptors/*microbiology, Salmonella/*isolation & purification, Salmonella Infections, Animal/epidemiology, Sweden/epidemiology
Description: Rare species with small population sizes are vulnerable to perturbations such as disease, inbreeding, or random events. The threat arising from microbial pathogens could be large and other species could act as reservoirs for pathogens. We report finding three enteric bacterial species, Salmonella Amager, Campylobacter jejuni, and urease-positive thermophilic Campylobacter, in nestling free-flying peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Sweden in 2000. Campylobacter jejuni isolates exhibited marked genetic similarities to an isolate from a human, providing a possible association between a human-associated strain of this bacterium and peregrine falcons.
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Access URL: https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-7345
Database: SwePub
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Abstract:Rare species with small population sizes are vulnerable to perturbations such as disease, inbreeding, or random events. The threat arising from microbial pathogens could be large and other species could act as reservoirs for pathogens. We report finding three enteric bacterial species, Salmonella Amager, Campylobacter jejuni, and urease-positive thermophilic Campylobacter, in nestling free-flying peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Sweden in 2000. Campylobacter jejuni isolates exhibited marked genetic similarities to an isolate from a human, providing a possible association between a human-associated strain of this bacterium and peregrine falcons.
ISSN:00903558
19433700
DOI:10.7589/0090-3558-40.3.583