| multidrug-resistant salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium monophasic variant 4,12:i:- isolated from asymptomatic wildlife in a catalonian wildlife rehabilitation center, spain. | wildlife can act as long-term asymptomatic reservoirs for zoonotic bacteria, such as salmonella. the prevalence and antimicrobial-susceptibility profiles of salmonella spp. were assessed in 263 cases in wildlife from 22 animal orders from a wildlife rehabilitation center in catalonia (ne spain), september 2013-may 2014. eleven of 263 tested animals were positive for salmonella spp., representing an overall prevalence of 4.2%. prevalences by taxonomic categories were 2% in mammals, 4.7% in birds, ... | 2015 | 25973627 |
| helminths isolated from the digestive tract of diurnal raptors in catalonia, spain. | the prevalence of parasitic helminths in the digestive tract of 119 diurnal raptors (falconiformes), which had died in a wildlife rehabilitation centre in catalonia, was studied. the birds belonged to 13 species, with 100 of them (84 per cent) being kestrels (falco tinnunculus), buzzards (buteo buteo), sparrowhawks (accipiter nisus) and goshawks (accipiter gentilis). ninety-five of the birds (79.8 per cent) were infected with helminths. nematodes were the most frequently found helminth (75.6 per ... | 2004 | 14725424 |