VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

SALMONELLOSIS

• This is more common in most of the animal species esp. in case of non-human primates and reptiles.
• The affected animals may suffer from severe diarrhea and is of zoonotic significance.
• In wild animals like felids, salmonella typhimurium and other species cause this disease condition the gastro intestinal signs in addition to septicemia occurs.
• Documentations are available on isolation of the most serious human pathogens of the groups namely Shigella dysenterriae type I and Salmonella typhi.
• Symptoms comprise weakness, edema of face and neck and diarrhea with mucus and /or blood.