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vancomycin-resistant gram-positive cocci isolated from the saliva of wild songbirds.we analyzed highly vancomycin-resistant gram-positive bacteria isolated from the saliva of migratory songbirds captured, sampled, and released from a bird-banding station in western kansas. individual bacterial isolates were identified by partial 16s rrna sequencing. most of the bacteria in this study were shown to be staphylococcus succinus with the majority being isolated from the american robin. some of these bacteria were shown to carry vana, vanb, and vanc vancomycin-resistance genes and ha ...201223224296
zinc and lead poisoning in wild birds in the tri-state mining district (oklahoma, kansas, and missouri).the tri-state mining district (oklahoma, kansas, and missouri) is contaminated with pb, cd, and zn from mining, milling and smelting. metals have been dispersed heterogeneously throughout the district in the form of milled mine waste ("chat"), as flotation tailings and from smelters as aerial deposition or slag. this study was conducted to determine if the habitat has been contaminated to the extent that the assessment populations of wild birds are exposed to toxic concentrations of metals. amer ...200515657812
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