| seabirds (laridae) as a source of campylobacter spp., salmonella spp. and antimicrobial resistance in south africa. | zoonotic thermophilic campylobacter and nontyphoidal salmonella enterica are a major cause of foodborne human gastroenteritis worldwide. there is little information about reservoirs of these zoonotic agents in africa. thus, chicks of kelp gulls (larus dominicanus, n=129) and greater crested terns (thalasseus bergii, n=100) were studied at five colonies on the western cape coast (south africa) during summer 2013/2014. campylobacter spp. occurrence was 14.0% (ci95% : 9.9-19.3), with c. jejuni the ... | 2017 | 28752962 |