Efficacy of European starling control to reduce <Emphasis Type="Italic">Salmonella enterica</Emphasis> contamination in a concentrated animal feeding operation in the Texas panhandle |
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Authors: | James C Carlson Richard M Engeman Doreene R Hyatt Rickey L Gilliland Thomas J DeLiberto Larry Clark Michael J Bodenchuk George M Linz |
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Institution: | (1) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, 4101 LaPorte Avenue, 80521 Fort Collins, CO, USA;(2) College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Diagnostic Laboratories, Bacteriology Section, Colorado State University, 80523-1644 Fort Collins, CO, USA;(3) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Texas Wildlife Services, 5730 Northwest Parkway, Suite 700, 78249 San Antonio, TX, USA;(4) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Disease Program, 4101 LaPorte Avenue, 80521 Fort Collins, CO, USA;(5) U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center, 2110 Miriam Circle, Suite B, 58501-2502 Bismarck, ND, USA |
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Abstract: | Background European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) are an invasive bird species known to cause damage to plant and animal agriculture. New evidence suggests starlings may
also contribute to the maintenance and spread of diseases within livestock facilities. Identifying and mitigating the risk
pathways that contribute to disease in livestock is necessary to reduce production losses and contamination of human food
products. To better understand the impact starlings have on disease transmission to cattle we assessed the efficacy of starling
control as a tool to reduce Salmonella enterica within a concentrated animal feeding operation. We matched a large facility, slated for operational control using DRC-1339
(3-chloro-4-methylaniline hydrochloride, also 3-chloro p-toluidine hydrochloride, 3-chloro-4-methylaniline), with a comparable
reference facility that was not controlling birds. In both facilities, we sampled cattle feed, cattle water and cattle feces
for S. enterica before and after starling control operations. |
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