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Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in pet turtles and their environment

Pet turtles are known as a source of Salmonella infection to humans when handled in captivity. Thirty four turtles purchased from pet shops and online markets in Korea were examined to determine whether the turtles and their environment were contaminated with Salmonella spp. Salmonella spp. were iso...

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Autores principales: Back, Du-San, Shin, Gee-Wook, Wendt, Mitchell, Heo, Gang-Joon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Association for Laboratory Animal Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5057005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27729933
http://dx.doi.org/10.5625/lar.2016.32.3.166
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author Back, Du-San
Shin, Gee-Wook
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description Pet turtles are known as a source of Salmonella infection to humans when handled in captivity. Thirty four turtles purchased from pet shops and online markets in Korea were examined to determine whether the turtles and their environment were contaminated with Salmonella spp. Salmonella spp. were isolated from fecal samples of 17 turtles. These isolates were identified as S. enterica through 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The isolation rate of Salmonella spp. from the soil and water samples increased over time. We concluded that a high percentage of turtles being sold in pet shops were infected with Salmonella spp., and their environments tend to become contaminated over time unless they are maintained properly. These results indicate that pet turtles could be a potential risk of salmonellosis in Korea.
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spelling pubmed-50570052016-10-11 Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in pet turtles and their environment Back, Du-San Shin, Gee-Wook Wendt, Mitchell Heo, Gang-Joon Lab Anim Res Original Article Pet turtles are known as a source of Salmonella infection to humans when handled in captivity. Thirty four turtles purchased from pet shops and online markets in Korea were examined to determine whether the turtles and their environment were contaminated with Salmonella spp. Salmonella spp. were isolated from fecal samples of 17 turtles. These isolates were identified as S. enterica through 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The isolation rate of Salmonella spp. from the soil and water samples increased over time. We concluded that a high percentage of turtles being sold in pet shops were infected with Salmonella spp., and their environments tend to become contaminated over time unless they are maintained properly. These results indicate that pet turtles could be a potential risk of salmonellosis in Korea. Korean Association for Laboratory Animal Science 2016-09 2016-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5057005/ /pubmed/27729933 http://dx.doi.org/10.5625/lar.2016.32.3.166 Text en Copyright © 2016 Korean Association for Laboratory Animal Science http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in pet turtles and their environment
title_short Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in pet turtles and their environment
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