201. Recovery of a Pathogenic Salmonella arizona from Four Snakes at the Riverbanks Zoo
- Author
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Chris M. Gregory, Ray Hines, Kimberly Seurynck, Charles Scott Pfaff, Nadine Lamberski, and Tiffany A. Moore
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Serotype ,biology ,Morelia boeleni ,Salmonella arizona ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,complex mixtures ,Microbiology ,Lethargy ,Bacteremia ,Crotalus adamanteus ,medicine ,Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis ,Morelia spilota - Abstract
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.
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- 2002