Salmonella typhimurium infection in domesticated fowl in a children's zoo

Salmonella typhimurium infection occurred in a children's zoo where 11 fowl and 85 mammals were kept. Initially, the guinea pigs were infected and transmitted the infection to the fowl and rabbits. These mammals responded to medication and cleared of the infection, however, the birds were judge...

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Published in:Avian diseases 1999-07, Vol.43 (3), p.611-615
Main Authors: Sato, Y, Fukui, S, Kurusu, H, Kitazawa, I, Kuwamoto, R, Aoyagi, T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Animals, Domestic
Animals, Zoo
antibiotics
Aviary birds
biological resistance
birds
Case Reports
Cloaca - microbiology
disease control
Disease Outbreaks - veterinary
Geese
Guinea Pigs
Housing, Animal
Infections
Japan - epidemiology
Mammals
petting zoos
Poultry Diseases - microbiology
Poultry Diseases - transmission
Rabbits
Salmonella
Salmonella Infections, Animal - diagnosis
Salmonella Infections, Animal - epidemiology
Salmonella Infections, Animal - transmission
Salmonella typhimurium
Salmonella typhimurium - isolation & purification
Waterfowl
zoo animals
Zoos
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Summary:Salmonella typhimurium infection occurred in a children's zoo where 11 fowl and 85 mammals were kept. Initially, the guinea pigs were infected and transmitted the infection to the fowl and rabbits. These mammals responded to medication and cleared of the infection, however, the birds were judged to contain excreters despite four regimens of treatment with antibiotics. Cloacal swabs were taken from all the birds. One turkey was positive for Salmonella and was destroyed. Pooled fecal samples from the birds were again positive. All the birds were tested serologically, and two birds, a goose and a turkey, were positive with Salmonella pullorum-gallinarum antigen, which was assumed to be a cross reaction with S. typhimurium antigen. The two birds were destroyed and the goose yielded Salmonella. The infection was finally eradicated, and the serologic examination was considered to be the most useful procedure for detection of the excreters.
ISSN:0005-2086
1938-4351
DOI:10.2307/1592665