Abstract

Fecal samples of Adelie Penguins and South Polar Skuas collected on Ross Island, Antarctica, in the season 1970-71 contained Salmonella in respectively 12 and 18% of the samples of the two species. The following Salmonella species (types) were recorded: S. blockley, S. johannesburg, S. panama, S. typhimurium, S. infantis. Salmonella-positive samples occurred more often at the mountain edge of the Adelie Penguin colony (Cape Crozier) and within a period from mid-December to mid-January (presence of justhatched to 30-day-old chicks).

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