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| » Publication : J Herpe Med Surg : J Herpe Med Surg Winter'02 Vol. 12 No. 4 |
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J Herpe Med Surg
Recovery of a Pathogenic Salmonella arizona from Four Snakes at the Riverbanks Zoo * Nadine Lamberski, DVM; Kimberly Seurynck, MAT; Christopher Gregory, DVM, PhD; Tiffany A. Moore, DVM; Charles Scott Pfaff, BS; Ray Hines, DVM, PhD, DACVPM
* Riverbanks Zoological Park and Botanical Garden, PO Box 1060, Columbia, SC 29202, USA Salmonella arizona bacteremia was diagnosed in four snakes. Clinical signs were variable and ranged from animals having no clinical signs to profound lethargy. Diagnosis was based upon ante-mortem recovery of the organism from blood in all four snakes and from tissues collected post-mortem in two snakes. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was used to determine relatedness of the isolates. The serotype for three of the isolates was 51:Z4,Z23. The fourth isolate was genetically different from the others, but had a similar serotype (48:Z4,Z23). These S. arizona serotypes appear to be pathogenic in snakes. [Abstract] |