An investigation of red-billed seagulls (Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus) as reservoirs of Campylobacter species, and the potential risk to human health.
Campylobacter species carriage by Red-billed gulls fluctuated with seasonality. For instance, 250/0 of gulls sampled in May 1999 and 84.2% of gulls sampled in February 2000, were identified as carriers of Campylobacter species. Quantitative measurements identified bacterial loads of between 2.2 x 10...
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University of Canterbury. Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4248 |