Publicación: EVIDENCE FOR KELP GULLS (LARUS DOMINICANUS) AND FRANKLINS GULLS (LEUCOPHAEUS PIPIXCAN) AS CARRIERS OF SALMONELLA BY REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION

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2012
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JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES
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POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION CONFIRMED THAT TWO GULL SPECIES IN TALCAHUANO, CHILE, SHED SALMONELLA. FECAL SAMPLES FROM RESIDENT LARUS DOMINICANUS HAD PREVALENCES OF 51.2% FOR SALMONELLA SPP. AND 26.3% FOR SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS. PREVALENCES IN SAMPLES FROM MIGRATORY LEUCOPHAEUS PIPIXCAN WERE 75% AND 30% RESPECTIVELY. RISKS TO PUBLIC HEALTH MAY EXIST.