2008 Volume 61 Issue 1 Pages 70-74
This paper examines the prevalence of Salmonella, Pasteurella and Staphylococcus bacteria found among petgreen iguanas (Iguana iguana) in 23 prefectures throughout Japan. An examination of stool samples of the petiguanas revealed Salmonella spp. in 17 of 98 samples (17.3%). Forty-seven of the 49 Salmonella isolates examinedwere classified as biogroup IV, S. enterica subsp. houtenae. They included three isolates of serotype 45: g, z51:-which had been found in a case of infant iguana-associated Salmonellosis in Japan. The remaining two isolateswere identified as biogroup I, S. enterica subsp. enterica. Nine of the 17 isolates examined (52.9%) showed a resistance to streptomycin, and the genes for both a cell invasion factor (invA) and enterotoxin (stn) were detected in all 17 isolates. Of 89 oral swabs taken from the iguanas, P. multocida was isolated in three (3.4%) of the swabs and S. aureus was isolated in 18 (20.2%).
