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Salmonella spp
Introduction
Classification
Taxonomy
- Order: Enterobacterales.
- Family: Enterobacteriaceae.
- Genus: Salmonella.
Etymology
- Genus discovered by American biologist, Theobald Smith; named after his laboratory chief and co-author, Daniel E Salmon.
Distribution
- Worldwide.
Significance
- Reservoir of organism is gastrointestinal tract of warm- and cold-blooded animals.
- Most infected animals become subclinical excretors.
- Organisms may survive for months in moist soil, vegetation and water; found in animal and human foods, particularly those containing milk, egg or meat-derived products.
- After ingestion, organism adheres to target cells of distal small intestine → may cause diarrhea and/or septicemia.
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Further Reading
Publications
Refereed papers
- Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
- García-Rubio V G, Bautista-Gómez L G, Martínez-Castañeda J S & Romero-Núñez C (2017) Multicausal etiology of the enteric syndrome in rabbits from Mexico. Rev Argent Microbiol 49 (2), 132-138 PubMed.
- Higginson E E, Simon R & Tennant S M (2016) Animal models for salmonellosis: applications in vaccine research. Clin Vaccine Immunol 23 (9), 746-756 PubMed.
- Lax A J, Barrow P A, Jones P W et al (1995) Current perspectives in salmonellosis. Brit Vet J 151 (4), 351-77 PubMed.
- Potter M E (1992) The changing face of foodborne disease. JAVMA 201 (2), 250-253 PubMed.