title: Shedding of zoonotic pathogens and analysis of stomach contents in great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) from Switzerland between 2007 and 2012.
abstract: 208 healthy great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) shot during 5 consecutive hunting seasons from 2007/2008 until 2011/2012 were tested for Newcastle disease virus (APMV-1), avian influenza virus (AIV), Chlamydiae, and Salmonella spp. In addition, stomach contents were gross macroscopically examined. None of the birds was positive for APMV1, AIV or Chlamydiae. Twice Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium and once a rough mutant of Salmonella Typhimurium were found. Stomach worms were found in 199 cormorants and 12 identifiable fish species in 45 stomaches.
authors.affiliation: National Reference Centre for Poultry and Rabbit Diseases (NRGK), Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Zurich.
authors.lastname: Albini
authors.affiliation: National Reference Centre for Poultry and Rabbit Diseases (NRGK), Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Zurich.
authors.lastname: Konrad
authors.affiliation: National Reference Centre for Poultry and Rabbit Diseases (NRGK), Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Zurich.
authors.lastname: Sigrist
authors.affiliation: National Reference Centre for Poultry and Rabbit Diseases (NRGK), Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Zurich.
authors.lastname: Güttinger
authors.affiliation: National Reference Centre for Poultry and Rabbit Diseases (NRGK), Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Zurich.
authors.lastname: Keller
authors.affiliation: National Reference Centre for Poultry and Rabbit Diseases (NRGK), Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of Zurich.
authors.lastname: Hoop
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017162:Ascaridida / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001717:Birds; D002689:Chlamydia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002988:Cloaca / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000821:virology; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009975:Orthomyxoviridae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013557:Switzerland
keywords: Chlamydiae; Chlamydien; Kormoran; Newcastle Krankheit; Newcastle disease; Salmonella spp.; avian influenza; aviäre Influenza; great cormorant