Multiresistant Salmonella Serovar Typhimurium Monophasic in Wintering Red Kites (Milvus milvus) in Segovia, Central Spain

Carcass dumps and urban refuse dumps are sources of superabundant and predictable food for avian scavengers, making them important to the conservation of these species’ populations (Blanco 1997, Bertellotti et al. 2001, Donázar et al. 2009, Cortés-Avizanda et al. 2010, López-López et al. 2014). Birds frequenting dumps have been considered vectors in the dissemination of pathogens associated with rotting meat and waste, as well as livestock pathogens, and this has implications for human health (Hatch 1996, Fallacara et al. 2001, Tsiodras et al. 2008). Wild birds are also susceptible to many pathogens infecting domestic animals and humans (Friend et al. 2001, Thomas et al. 2008). However, much less effort has been devoted to assessing the effect of feeding on livestock carrion at carcass dumps on the acquisition of disease agents that may affect the health of avian...