Influence of refuse sites on the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella serovars in seagulls.
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.
Ramos
Raül
R
Departament de Biologia Animal (Vertebrats), Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 645, Barcelona, Spain. ramos@ub.edu
Cerdà-Cuéllar
Marta
M
Ramírez
Francisco
F
Jover
Lluís
L
Ruiz
Xavier
X
D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D046091:Charadriiformes / Q000382:microbiology*; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*