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  <dc:contributor>H.F. Hasenclever</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>R. M. Kocan</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1974</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Feral pigeons were sampled over a 16-month period to determine whether their normal yeast flora varied according to season.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Candida albicans&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Saccharomyces telluris&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;occurred during the entire sampling period, with&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;C. albicans&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;reaching its highest levels between August and January and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;S. telluris&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;peaking from March through May.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Candida krusei&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;was present for 10 months but exhibited no predictable variation in density.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Candida tropicalis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;C. guilliermondii&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Geotrichum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;were isolated on several occasions while&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;C. lusitaniae&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;C. pseudotropicalis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Torulopsis glabrata&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;were each isolated once. The high levels of infection and frequency of occurrence of some yeast species make the feral pigeon highly suspect as a carrier and disseminator of potentially pathogenic yeast.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.7589/0090-3558-10.3.263</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Wildlife Disease Association</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Seasonal variation of the upper digestive tract yeast flora of feral pigeons</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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