Prevalence of Campylobacter in Wild Birds of the Mid-Atlantic Region, USA

Judith I. Keller; W. Gregory Shriver; Jonas Waldenström; Petra Griekspoor; Björn Olsen

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.750

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Judith I. Keller,^1,* W. Gregory Shriver,¹ Jonas Waldenström,² Petra Griekspoor,² Björn Olsen^2,3

¹1Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, 250 Townsend Hall, Newark, D
²2Section for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology, Linnaeus University, SE 391 82 Kalmar, Sweden
³3Uppsala University, Department of Medical Science, Infectious Disease Section, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sw

^* Corresponding author (email: judithk@udel.edu)

Abstract

We evaluated the occurrence of three Campylobacter species—C. jejuni, C. coli, and C. lari—from 333 wild bird fecal samples collected at Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research in Newark, Delaware, in 2008. Using multiplex polymerase chain reaction, we detected C. jejuni from six avian families with an overall prevalence rate of 7.2%. We did not detect any other Campylobacter species. Cam-pylobacter jejuni prevalence ranged widely between different avian families with crows (Corvidae) and gulls (Laridae) having the highest prevalence rates (23% and 25%, respectively).

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Judith I. Keller, W. Gregory Shriver, Jonas Waldenström, Petra Griekspoor, and Björn Olsen "Prevalence of Campylobacter in Wild Birds of the Mid-Atlantic Region, USA," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 47(3), 750-754, (1 July 2011). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-47.3.750

Received: 15 September 2010; Accepted: 1 March 2011; Published: 1 July 2011

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