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Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis supports the presence of host-adapted Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium strains in the British garden bird population.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2011
Lawson Becki, Hughes Laura A, Peters Tansy, de Pinna Elizabeth, John Shinto K, Macgregor Shaheed K, Cunningham Andrew A
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Salmonellosis is a frequently diagnosed infectious disease of passerine birds in garden habitats within Great Britain with potential implications for human and domestic animal health. Postmortem examinations were performed on 1,477 garden bird carcasses of circa 50 species from England and Wales, 1999 to 2007 inclusive. Salmonellosis was confirmed in 263 adult birds of 10 passerine species in this 11-year...
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