Bordetella bronchiseptica was isolated from 6 of 13 short-tailed shrews (Blarina brevicauda) and 1 of 47 house sparrows (Passer domesticus) trapped in the vicinity of a swine Bordetella rhinitis experimental area. The organism was found in four of 50 foxes (Vulpes fulva), 2 of 36 opossums (Didelphis marsupialis) and 1 of 37 raccoons (Procyon lotor) trapped in the Ames, Iowa area. This bacterium was not culturally isolated from 14 deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus), 64 house mice (Mus musculus), 10 masked shrews (Sorex cinereus) and 54 starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).
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1 October 1976
PREVALENCE OF Bordetella bronchiseptica IN CERTAIN WILD MAMMALS AND BIRDS IN CENTRAL IOWA
DANIEL O. FARRINGTON,
RICHARD D. JORGENSON