Infectious Diseases Shared by Wildlife and Livestock －Epidemiological Investigation of Salmonella as an Example－

Abstract

The authors have investigated Salmonella in wildlife in and around livestock farms in Hokkaido. The prevalence of Salmonella in wildlife including crows, ducks, raccoons and foxes and the characteristics of the isolates in our investigation suggest that there are epidemiological relationships between wildlife and livestock. For control of multihost pathogens, such as salmonella, we need approach to wildlife, livestock and human comprehensively, with considering ecology of the pathogens.