Salmonella and Campylobacter spp. in northern elephant seals, California.
Campylobacter and Salmonella spp. prevalence and antimicrobial drug sensitivity were determined in northern elephant seals that had not entered the water and seals that were stranded on the California coast. Stranded seals had a higher prevalence of pathogenic bacteria, possibly from terrestrial sources, which were more likely to be resistant.
Stoddard
Robyn A
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Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA. rastoddard@ucdavis.edu
Gulland
M D Frances
MD
Atwill
E Rob
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Lawrence
Judy
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Jang
Spencer
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Conrad
Patricia A
PA
D000818:Animals; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D046048:Seals, Earless / Q000382:microbiology*