An Outbreak ofSalmonella entericaSerotype Choleraesuis in Goitered Gazelle (Gazella subgutrosa subgutrosa) and a Malayan Tapir (Tapirus indicus)
| Autor: | Tiffany M. Wolf, James M. Rasmussen, Brenda Morningstar-Shaw, Arno Wünschmann, Rachel Thompson, Gayle C. Pantlin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Serotype Veterinary medicine Salmonella Salmonella infection medicine.disease_cause Disease Outbreaks Enteritis Fatal Outcome biology.animal Malayan tapir medicine Animals Perissodactyla Salmonella Infections Animal General Veterinary biology Salmonella enterica Outbreak General Medicine biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Antelopes Food Microbiology Animals Zoo Female Animal Science and Zoology Tapir |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 42:694-699 |
| ISSN: | 1937-2825 1042-7260 |
| DOI: | 10.1638/2010-0207.1 |
| Popis: | An outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Choleraesuis enteritis occurred in two juvenile goitered gazelles and an adult Malayan tapir over a period of 5 wk at the Minnesota Zoo. Diagnosis was made postmortem on one gazelle and one tapir, and a second gazelle was diagnosed via fecal culture. The death of the tapir was attributed to S. enterica serovar Choleraesuis septicemia, while salmonellosis was considered to be a contributing factor besides ostertagiasis for the death of one goitered gazelle and for the diarrhea of another goitered gazelle. A third gazelle became ill in the same time period, but Salmonella infection was not confirmed by culture. All exhibited the clinical signs of profuse, watery diarrhea. The gazelles developed a protein-losing enteropathy, and the tapir showed signs of sepsis and endotoxemia. Serotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed the Salmonella isolates to be indistinguishable from each other. One year prior to this outbreak, Salmonella sp. was cultured from a Visayan warty pig (Sus cebifrons) housed in the same building as the tapir. After further investigation into the outbreak, spread of this pathogen was speculated to be associated with human movement across animal areas. |
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