Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (Jun 2014)

Isolation of Salmonella spp. in captive Psittaciformes from zoos and a commercial establishment of Fortaleza, Brazil

  • E.S. Lopes,
  • W.M. Cardoso,
  • Á.H. Albuquerque,
  • R.S.C. Teixeira,
  • R.P.R. Salles,
  • W.G. A. Bezerra,
  • R.C. Rocha e Silva,
  • S.V.G. Lima,
  • R.J.P.F. Sales,
  • R.H. Vasconcelos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-41626643
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66, no. 3
pp. 965 – 968

Abstract

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This study showed a low prevalence of Salmonella spp. in captive psittacines from zoos and a commercial establishment of Fortaleza. None of the isolated serotypes (S. Lexington, S. Saintpaul and S. Newport) have yet been reported in Amazona aestiva, Ara chloroptera or Melopsittacus undulatus. However, the fact that most birds presented negative for Salmonella spp. may not imply the absence of this pathogen in these birds, since the intermittent excretion is a well-known characteristic of this microorganism.

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