Cent Eur J Public Health 1997, 5(1):24-26

Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella spp. in black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus)

Sixl W.¹, Karpíšková R.², Hubálek Z.³, Halouzka J.³, Mikulášková M.⁴, Salava J.⁴

¹ Institute of Hygiene, University of Graz, Austria

² National Institute of Public Health, Brno, Czech Republic

³ Institute of Landscape Ecology, Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic

⁴ State Veterinary Service, Znojmo, Czech Republic

Cloacal examination of 41 juvenile black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus) by cultivation demonstrated Campylobacter jejuni in 26 (63 %) and Salmonella typhimurium in 21 (51 %) of them. All the bird samples were collected in a breeding colony near the town Hodonín, South Moravia, Czech Republic in 1996. Twenty six Campylobacter isolates were tested for antibiotic and drug sensitivity: all were resistant to at least three agents (Penicillin, Tetracyclin and Sulfomethoxazol-trimethoprim) while all were sensitive to Augmentan, Cefotaxim, Ciprofloxacin, Erythromycin, Nitrofurantoin and Cephazidine. Four percent of isolates were resistant to Ampicillin and Nalidixic acid. Of the 21 S. typhimurium isolates tested, 33 % were sensitive to all drugs assayed, proportions of the strains resistant to Sulfomethoxazol-trimethoprim, Tetracyclin and Streptomycin were 58 %, 16 % and 8 %, respectively.

Published: March 1, 1997  Show citation