PREVALENCE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF<i>ESCHERICHIA COLI</i>AND<i>SALMONELLA</i>SPP. IN THE FECES OF WILD URBAN NORWAY AND BLACK RATS (<i>RATTUS NORVEGICUS</i>AND<i>RATTUS RATTUS</i>) FROM AN INNER-CITY NEIGHBORHOOD OF VANCOUVER, CANADA

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Although rat feces are widely suspected to be a source of pathogenic bacteria, few investigators have studied fecal pathogens in rats. We investigated the prevalence and characteristics of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. in Norway and black rats (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus, respectively) from an urban neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada, collected September 2011-August 2012. Colon content was cultured...

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