| prevalence and serovars of salmonella in the feces of free-ranging white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) in nebraska. | to determine the prevalence and serovars of salmonella in free-ranging deer, we cultured feces from white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) harvested by hunters during a regular firearm season in southeastern nebraska (usa). we recovered salmonella from 5 (1%; 95% confidence interval: 0.37-2.20%) of 500 samples and identified four different salmonella enterica serovars [litchfield (1), dessau (1), infantis (2), and enteritidis (1)]. although the prevalence of salmonella in free-ranging deer a ... | 2006 | 17092906 |