The occurrence of salmonellae in zoo animals in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi (India).
The occurrence of salmonellae in a variety of zoo animals including carnivores, primates, ruminants, avifauna, rodents etc. was investigated. Of 783 samples collected from Lucknow, Delhi and Kanpur (India) Zoological Parks, only 5 yielded Salmonella serotypes. These included S. typhimurium, from a leopard and a wild cat, S. enteritidis from two black and white rats and a strain of Salmonella group E1 from a leopard.
D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000382:microbiology*; D007194:India; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*