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SUBMITTER: Schilling AK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3346384 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schilling Anna-Katarina AK Hotzel Helmut H Methner Ulrich U Sprague Lisa D LD Schmoock Gernot G El-Adawy Hosny H Ehricht Ralf R Wöhr Anna-Caroline AC Erhard Michael M Geue Lutz L
Applied and environmental microbiology 20120323 11
Sheep and goats are popular examples of livestock kept on city farms. In these settings, close contacts between humans and animals frequently occur. Although it is widely accepted that small ruminants can carry numerous zoonotic agents, it is unknown which of these agents actually occur in sheep and goats on city farms in Germany. We sampled feces and nasal liquid of 48 animals (28 goats, 20 sheep) distributed in 7 city farms and on one activity playground in southern Germany. We found that 100% ...[more]