The prevalence of intestinal Salmonella infection in horses submitted for necropsy.
Specimens from the ileum, colon and rectum were aseptically collected from 50 consecutive horse carcases submitted for necropsy to the Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria. These were bacteriologically examined for the presence of Salmonella. Seventeen of these were positive for Salmonella at one or more sites. Serotyping of the isolates revealed a dominance of Salmonella Hayindogo in these horses.
van Rensburg
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Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa.
Jardine
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Carstens
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van der Walt
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D000818:Animals; D001344:Autopsy / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006736:Horses; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D015995:Prevalence; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology