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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2007, p. 362-365, Vol. 73, No. 1
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01563-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Isolation of Salmonella enterica and Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli O157 from Feces of Animals in Public Contact Areas of United States Zoological Parks{triangledown}

James E. Keen,1* Lisa M. Durso,1 and Thomas P. Meehan2

USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska,1 Brookfield Zoo, Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, Illinois2

Received 6 July 2006/ Accepted 17 October 2006

The fecal prevalence of subclinical Salmonella enterica and Shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli O157 among animals in human-animal contact exhibits at institutions in the United States accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums was estimated to assess public health risk. The prevalence was less than 0.6% for both zoonotic pathogens among 997 animals sampled at 36 exhibits.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: USDA, ARS, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, P.O. Box 166, Clay Center, NE 68933. Phone: (402) 762-4343. Fax: (402) 762-4375. E-mail: keen{at}email.marc.usda.gov.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 27 October 2006.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2007, p. 362-365, Vol. 73, No. 1
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.01563-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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