| gram-negative, aerobic, enteric pathogens among intestinal microflora of wild turkey vultures (cathartes aura) in west central texas. | the prevalence of gram-negative bacterial species in the intestines of 20 apparently healthy turkey vultures (cathartes aura) was determined. edwardsiella tarda, plesiomonas shigelloides, salmonella, and arizona hinshawii (salmonella arizonae) were each recovered from 15% of these birds. turkey vultures may be important reservoirs of these bacterial pathogens. | 1981 | 7032423 |
| geographic variation in the taphonomic effect of vulture scavenging: the case for southern illinois. | the taphonomic effect of vulture scavenging has been previously documented in central texas (j forensic sci, 2009, 54, 524). this study reports on the behavioral differences between two species of vultures (coragyps atratus, cathartes aura) observed over a period of 1 year at the complex for forensic anthropology research in southern illinois. the decomposition of six research subjects and two control subjects was observed. compared with the previous findings of vulture activity, the authors obs ... | 2013 | 23181511 |