A trait-based framework for predicting foodborne pathogen risk from wild birds

• Published in: Ecological applications Vol. 32; no. 2; p. e2523
• Main Authors: Smith, Olivia M, Olimpi, Elissa M, Navarro-Gonzalez, Nora, Cornell, Kevin A, Frishkoff, Luke O, Northfield, Tobin D, Bowles, Timothy M, Edworthy, Max, Eilers, Johnna, Fu, Zhen, Garcia, Karina, Gonthier, David J, Jones, Matthew S, Kennedy, Christina M, Latimer, Christopher E, Owen, Jeb P, Sato, Chika, Taylor, Joseph M, Wilson-Rankin, Erin E, Snyder, William E, Karp, Daniel S
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2022
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Wild; Birds; Cattle; Farms; Salmonella; Shiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli; United States; United States; feedlot; food safety; wild birds; Campylobacter spp; Salmonella spp; Shiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli; species traits

Recent foodborne illness outbreaks have heightened pressures on growers to deter wildlife from farms, jeopardizing conservation efforts. However, it remains unclear which species, particularly birds, pose the greatest risk to food safety. Using >11,000 pathogen tests and 1565 bird surveys coverin...