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1 April 2014 Migrating Common Toads (Bufo bufo) in Rural Temperate Regions: Reservoirs of Salmonella?
Mojdeh Sharifian-Fard, Frank Pasmans, An Martel
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Abstract

Salmonella infections in amphibians are supposedly highly prevalent. Migrating common amphibian species in cultivated areas such as common toads (Bufo bufo) may thus promote spread and zoonotic transfer of Salmonella to humans, both indirectly by crop and livestock contamination and by direct contact. Between February and April 2011, the intestinal content of 1,740 samples of road-killed migrating common toads in five Flemish provinces of Belgium was examined for the presence of Salmonella using bacterial culture and PCR. All the samples were negative. These results suggest that the role of migrating common toads in maintaining the infection cycle of Salmonella in northern European temperate regions is negligible.

Wildlife Disease Association 2014
Mojdeh Sharifian-Fard, Frank Pasmans, and An Martel "Migrating Common Toads (Bufo bufo) in Rural Temperate Regions: Reservoirs of Salmonella?," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 50(2), 326-329, (1 April 2014). https://doi.org/10.7589/2013-04-094
Received: 19 April 2013; Accepted: 1 August 2013; Published: 1 April 2014
KEYWORDS
amphibian
Bufo bufo
common toads
Salmonella
temperate regions
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