The herring gull Larus argentatus as a carrier of salmonella.

The proportion of salmonella carriers among town-nesting herring gulls increased significantly from 2.1% in 1975-6 to 8.4% in 1979. The range of serotypes carried by herring gulls was similar to that causing infection in man, and it is likely that the gulls ingest these serotypes when feeding at unt...

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Main Authors: Butterfield, J., Coulson, J. C., Kearsey, S. V., Monaghan, P., McCoy, J. H., Spain, G. E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 1983
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2129328/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6663058
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