ペット用カメにおけるSalmonella保有状況

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We attempted to determine the carriage rate of Salmonella in pet turtles and the characterization of isolates. One hundred twenty two red-eared sliders, 40 reeve's turtles and 29 turtles and tortoises of other species formed the subject of this study. The Salmonella carriage rates were 79.5% in red-eared sliders, 37.5% in reeve's turtle and 65.5% in other turtles. Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica was dominant among isolates from turtles studied. Salmonella serovars isolated were S. Montevideo, S. Braenderup, S. Litchfield, S. Newport, S. Poona, S. Typhimurium, S. Thompson, S. Sandiego, S. Saintpaul and others. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis done on S. Montevideo, S. Litchfield and S. Newport resulted in 3, 2 and 3 patterns, respectively. Multiple drug resistant strains of S. Montevideo to gentamycin, kanamycin and tetracyclin were isolated from red-eared sliders.