Salmonella Amager, Campylobacter jejuni, and urease-positive thermophilic Campylobacter found in free-flying peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Sweden.
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.
Department of Infectious Diseases, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden.
Helena
H
Palmgren
Tina
T
Broman
Jonas
J
Waldenström
Peter
P
Lindberg
Anna
A
Aspán
Björn
B
Olsen
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D020304:Raptors / Q000382:microbiology*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology