On Monday 23 February 2009 16:16:32 Marilyn Marynick wrote:
> I received a recall notice from Fred Meyer for Morning Star Nutty Safari
> Suet cakes. It was printed on a receipt. "The product may be contaminated
> with SALMONELLA and if eaten, could result in severe illness to those

> this as birdfood. And I'm curious to know if birds would be made ill by

Yes, Salmonella is very bad for the birds. I was looking for a document
Cornell had on the Salmonella outbreak in Pine Siskins about ten years ago
but could not find it. I did find the following that covers Salmonella and
other diseases birds encounter:

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/DiseasedBirds.htm

If you're interested in more information the following is chapter 9 from the
USGS Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases:

http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/field_manual/chapter_9.pdf

The pages are numbered at the bottom of the page according to the complete
field manual. The PDF Pages 5 (103) and 6 (104) have some interesting charts.

NOTE: Page 7 (106) has some rather graphic pictures so be careful if you are
printing out this PDF around young children..

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Bruce McKenzie
bmsh.mckenzie at gte.net
Kenmore, WA USA