Thank you. I need further notation to find the paper you refer to in your
note. Where is it published? Available on-line?

Jack Kintner kintner at nas.com Blaine, WA

At 04:46 PM 3/16/01 -0500, you wrote:

>You need to contact your veterinarian to arrange for testing and submission
>of samples to the appropriate laboratory. You might want to look at the
>paper by Kirkpatrick and Trexler-Myren (1986) for more information on
>Salmonella in raptors.
>
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> Bh Powell
> To: Jack Kintner
> 03/14/01 06:40 <kintner at nas.com>, Glenn H
> AM Olsen/BRD/USGS/DOI at USGS
> cc:
> Subject: Re: salmonella
> outbreaks in pine siskins
> (Document link: Glenn H Olsen)
>
>
>
>
>Hi Jack,
>
>By way of this reply, I am forwarding your questions to the Patuxent
>Wildlife Research Center Veterinarian, Dr Glenn Olsen.
>
>B.H. Powell
>Office of the Center Director
>USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
>vox: 301.497.5782
>fax: 301.497.5717
>page: 888.742.7414
>web page: www.pwrc.usgs.gov
>
>
>
> Jack Kintner
> <kintner at nas. To:
> com> director at patuxent.usgs.gov
> cc:
> 03/13/2001 Subject: salmonella
> 03:18 PM outbreaks in pine siskins
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>We appear to be having another periodic outbreak of salmonella in the
>Blaine area (just south of Vancouver, B.C., in the U.S.) as evidenced by
>the number of dead pine siskins people are finding. Two questions to direct
>
>to the appropriate person:
>
>1. How can this be confirmed? If it's by a lab analysis, please name some
>resources in the area (Seattle),
>
>2. What risk is present for raptors who might then consume infected birds?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Jack Kintner kintnerAnas.com Blaine, WA