H. M. Ohlendorf
R.B. Shillinger
T. Jareed
L. N. Locke
1974
<p><span>Salmonellosis caused by </span><i>Salmonella typhimurium</i><span> was one of several factors responsible for losses among young herons being held at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. The infection was demonstrated in five black-crowned night herons (</span><i>Nycticorax nycticorax</i><span>), three common egrets (</span><i>Casmerodius albus</i><span>), two little blue herons (</span><i>Florida caerulea</i><span>), one cattle egret (</span><i>Bubulcus ibis</i><span>), one snowy egret (</span><i>Leucophoyx thula</i><span>) and one Louisiana heron (</span><i>Hydranassa tricolor</i><span>). The disease was characterized by emaciation, focal liver necrosis, and frequently by a caseo-necrotic enteritis.</span></p>
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10.7589/0090-3558-10.2.143
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Wildlife Disease Association
Salmonellosis in a captive heron colony
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