[Treatment of Salmonella carriers in a number of reptile species (author's transl)].

Housing Tejus contaminated with Salmonella on wire-mesh floors did not have any effect on the degree of contamination. The sensitivity of Salmonella organisms isolated from desert monitors to ampicillin was satisfactory, the serotypes being less sensitive to chloramphenicol, furazolidone, neomycin, streptomycin and oxytetracycline. Intramuscular injection of combined chloramphenicol and ampicillin in tejus and lizards was not successful, nor was oral administration of furazolidone in tortoises. On the other hand, oral treatment with combined ampicillin and chloramphenicol was effective in tortoises.