Salmonella and arizona infections of alimentary and reproductive tracts of Panamanian lizards.
Salmonella and Arizona spp. were isolated from various sites of the digestive and reproductive tracts of lizards. The finding that bacteria in the oviducts and in the internal contents of oviductal eggs were of the same serotype raises the possibility that transovarian bacterial transmission in lizards occurs in nature.
D000818:Animals; D003106:Colon / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000382:microbiology; D008116:Lizards / Q000382:microbiology*; D010057:Oviducts / Q000382:microbiology; D010063:Ovum / Q000382:microbiology; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D012476:Salmonella arizonae / Q000302:isolation & purification*