SEPTICEMIA DUE TO SALMONELLA ARIZONAE INFECTION IN CAPTIVE SMOOTH SNAKE (CORONELLA AUSTRICA) – A CASE REPORT

G.A. Czirják University of Agricultural Scinece and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Discipline of Infectious Diseases, Mănăştur street nr. 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca
L.B. Köbölkuti University of Agricultural Scinece and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Discipline of Infectious Diseases, Mănăştur street nr. 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca
M. Tenk Central Veterinary Institute, Departament of Microbiology, Tábornok street nr. 2, H-1149 Budapest
A. Szakács University of Agricultural Scinece and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Discipline of Infectious Diseases, Mănăştur street nr. 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca
D. Cadar University of Agricultural Scinece and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Discipline of Infectious Diseases, Mănăştur street nr. 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca
A. Ungvári University of Agricultural Scinece and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Discipline of Infectious Diseases, Mănăştur street nr. 3-5, 400372 Cluj-Napoca

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15835/buasvmcn-vm:63:1-2:2604

Keywords: Coronella austriaca, Salmonella arizonae, septicemia

Abstract

Actually more than 2500 serovars of Salmonella are known, a small number is associated with reptiles from the suborder Ophidia. Apparently, bacteria from the genus Salmonella are component of the normal intestinal microbial community, and in case of immunosupression they become pathogens for the carrier hosts. In the reptile medicine due to the Salmonella infection there are described the following entities: septicemias, subcutaneous abscess, gastritis, gastroenteritis. The etiological agent of these morbid entities belongs to the serovars S. tiphymurium, S. regent, S. marina, S. arizonae.

Published

2008-12-03

Issue

Vol. 63 No. 1-2 (2006)

Section

Short comunications

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