Salmonella Isolated from the Feces of Migrating Cranes at the Izumi Plain (2002–2008): Serotype, Antibiotic Sensitivity, and PFGE Type

Abstract

From November 2002 to February 2008, 2,251 crane feces were collected at the Izumi plain in Kagoshima prefecture. Salmonella enterica was isolated from 359 feces(15.9%), in which Salmonella Typhimurium: 332 (92.5%), S. Hvittingfoss/Ⅱ: 9, S. Abaetetuba: 4, S. Enteritidis: 3, S. Konstanz: 2, S. Pakistan: one, and untyped: 8 isolates were contained, respectively. Against 12 antimicrobial agents, no resistant strains were found in 154 isolates examined, but in one to ampicillin. By pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), all of 68 ST isolates tested showed indistinguishable banding patterns but except for one different pattern. From these results, it may be suggested that ST strains from the same origin would spread in the crane flocks during their stay at Izumi plain, every winter.