title: Influence of refuse sites on the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella serovars in seagulls.
abstract: Wild animals are well-known reservoirs of Campylobacter and Salmonella. We investigated the influence of insalubrious diets on the prevalence of both enterobacteria in seagulls. Campylobacter occurrence in gull chicks sampled along the northeastern Iberian coast was directly related to the degree of refuse consumption. High Salmonella values from the sampling sites did not reflect any dietary relationship.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Biologia Animal (Vertebrats), Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 645, Barcelona, Spain. ramos@ub.edu
authors.forename: Raül
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cerdà-Cuéllar
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: Lluís
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jover
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ruiz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D046091:Charadriiformes / Q000382:microbiology*; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*