Salmonella spp. in nestling common barn-owls (Tyto alba) from southwestern New Jersey.
The prevalence of Salmonella spp. in nestling common barn-owls was investigated in southwestern New Jersey during the summer of 1985. Of 94 owls sampled by swabbing the cloaca, eight (8.5%) were found to harbor Salmonella spp. Three serotypes--S. thompson, S. tuindorp, and S. typhimurium--were identified. Five (20%) of the 25 nest sites examined (all of them in or near farm buildings or dwellings) contained Salmonella-positive owls.
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D003710:Demography; D009515:New Jersey; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013045:Species Specificity