A reservoir of Shigella of avian origin: herons and birds of prey of the zoological garden in Tananarive
Vicens, R.; Richard, C.; Coulanges, P.; Rasoamamunjy, M.A.
Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique et de Ses Filiales 80(3): 295-300
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9085 PMID: 3304678 Document Number: 297315
The authors record the bacteriological characters of four Shigella strains: S. dysenteriae 2 and S. boydii 9, respectively isolated in a bird-of-prey and in three herons, kept in the zoological Garden in Antananarivo. The significance of this Malgasian avian reservoir of Shigella is discussed.
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