TABLE 1.
Salmonella bacteria isolated from wild-living birds, by species, in Norway from 1969 to 2000
| Bird Species | No. of isolates of serovar:
|
Isolation frequencya | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typhimurium
|
Paratyphi B | |||
| O:4,12 | O:4,5,12 | |||
| Small passerines | ||||
| Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula | 256 | 195/242 | ||
| European greenfinch, Carduelis chloris | 61 | 57/71 | ||
| Eurasian siskin, Carduelis spinus | 54 | 52/69 | ||
| Common redpoll, Carduelis flammea | 33 | 32/41 | ||
| Common sparrow, Passer domesticus | 10 | 7/31 | ||
| Great tit, Parus major | 8 | 6/87 | ||
| Blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus | 4 | 3/14 | ||
| Yellow hammer, Emberiza citrinella | 4 | 2/15 | ||
| Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs | 3 | 2/21 | ||
| Eurasian tree sparrow, Passer montanus | 3 | 3/6 | ||
| Brambling, Fringilla montefringilla | 1 | 1/16 | ||
| European robin, Erithacus rubecula | 1 | 0/1 | ||
| Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes | 1 | 1/2 | ||
| Pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca | 1 | 0/8 | ||
| Willow tit, Poecile montanus | 1 | 1/8 | ||
| Total | 441 | 364/638 | ||
| Other species | ||||
| Black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus | 3 | 10 | ||
| Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos | 3 | |||
| Rock dove, Columba livia | 1 | 2 | 3/72 | |
| Black-billed magpie, Pica pica | 1 | 1/40 | ||
| Canada goose, Branta canadensis | 1 | |||
| Common murre, Uria aalge | 1 | |||
| Eurasian sparrow hawk, Accipiter nisus | 2 | |||
| Herring gull, Larus argentatus | 1 | |||
| Hooded crow, Corvus corone | 1 | 1/52 | ||
| Mew gull, Larus canus | 1 | |||
| Osprey, Pandion haliaetus | 1 | |||
| Tengmalm's owl, Aegolius funereus | 1 | |||
| Total | 10 | 18 | 1 | |
a
Number of cases/total number of birds submitted to the laboratory in Oslo.