Prevalence of Salmonella serovars isolated from reptiles in Norwegian zoos

Abstract Background Reptiles are known to be asymptomatic carriers of Salmonella spp. in their gastrointestinal mucosa and a variety of Salmonella serovars including exotic serovars mainly associated with reptiles as well as human pathogenic serovars have been isolated. There are many case reports o...

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Main Authors: Ane Mohn Bjelland, Lena Maria Sandvik, Marianne Muri Skarstein, Linn Svendal, John James Debenham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-01-01
Series:Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13028-020-0502-0