ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF STRAINS OF Salmonella spp IN RED-FOOT-TORTOISES FROM WILDLIFE TRADE

Authors

  • Oberdan Coutinho Nunes IBAMA
  • Eugênia Deus Oliveira UFBA
  • Sônia Silva Laborda UFBA
  • Janis Cumming Hohlenwerger UFBA
  • Moacyr Moraes Neto Clínica Veterinária Vilas do Atlântico LTDA
  • Carlos Roberto Franke UFBA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v11i1.4646

Keywords:

répteis, zoonoses, epidemiologia.

Abstract

We investigated Salmonella sp. in red-foot tortoise (Chelonoides carbonaria) because of the fact this particular reptile shows high frequency of illegal commerce, and also because this situation represents a serious risk for health. We collected feces of 89 turtles from the wildlife center “Chico Mendes” - IBAMA/SUPES-BA. Characteristic colonies of Salmonella sp. were isolated in 12.36% of the tortoises (11/89). Nine colonies were identificated at the Adolfo Lutz Institute, distributed into six different sorotypes: S. enterica salamae 47:b:-; S. enterica houtenae 21:g,z51; S. Panama; S. Poona; S. Javiana e S. Michigan. All of them, according to literature, without previous description of infection in C. carbonaria whatsoever. However, there are previous cases of infections and antibiotics resistance involving these sorotypes, confirming the risk represented by wildlife trade to public health concerning the children’s exposition to the source of infection as well as the dissemination of resistant sorotypes.

KEY WORDS: Epidemiology, reptiles, zoonosis.

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Author Biographies

Oberdan Coutinho Nunes, IBAMA

médico veterinário do Centro de Triagem de Animais Silvestres. Mestre em Ciência Animal nos trópicos. Membro do Grupo de pesquisa de Infectologia Veterinária - UFBA 

Eugênia Deus Oliveira, UFBA

professor adjunto 1 da Escola de Medicina Veterinária/ Universidade Federal da Bahia, responsável pelo laboratório de bacterioses da Escola de Medicina Veterinária/ Universidade Federal da Bahia e vice-coordenadora do Mestrado em Ciência Animal nos Trópicos/ Escola de Medicina Veterinária/ Universidade Federal da Bahia.

Sônia Silva Laborda, UFBA

Bióloga– Funcionária nível superior – UFBA - Laboratório de Bacterioses

Moacyr Moraes Neto, Clínica Veterinária Vilas do Atlântico LTDA

Médico Veterinário autônomo.

Carlos Roberto Franke, UFBA

Coordenador do Programa de Pós-Graduação Ciência Animal nos Trópicos da Escola de Medicina Veterinária / UFBA (2001-2003 e 2005-2007);Vice-Diretor da Escola de Medicina Veterinária/UFBA (03/2005-). Áreas de atuação: Ecoepidemiologia, Saúde Pública e Difusão Técnico-Científica.

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Published

2010-04-01

How to Cite

NUNES, O. C.; OLIVEIRA, E. D.; LABORDA, S. S.; HOHLENWERGER, J. C.; NETO, M. M.; FRANKE, C. R. ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF STRAINS OF Salmonella spp IN RED-FOOT-TORTOISES FROM WILDLIFE TRADE. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 11, n. 1, p. 168–173, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v11i1.4646. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/4646. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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