title: Salmonella enterica isolated from wildlife at two Ohio rehabilitation centers.
abstract: Between May and September 2004, fecal samples from various wildlife species admitted to two rehabilitation centers in Ohio were cultured for Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli O157:H7. Eight of 71 (11%) samples, including specimens from three opossums (Didelphis virginiana), two gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis), a woodchuck (Marmota monax), a Harris hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus), and a screech owl (Otus asio) tested positive for Salmonella serovars Braenderup, Senftenberg, Oranienburg, and Kentucky. The Salmonella Oranienburg isolates were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Most isolates were susceptible to commonly used antibiotics; however, the Salmonella Kentucky isolate was resistant to multiple beta-lactam antibiotics (amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and ampicillin), cefoxitin, and ceftiofur, a third-generation cephalosporin. Escherichia coli O157:H7 was not isolated from any sample. Transmission of Salmonella from wildlife may occur between animals at rehabilitation centers.
authors.affiliation: Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, 1680 Madison Avenue, Wooster, Ohio 44691, USA.
authors.forename: Steffani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jijón
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wetzel
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: LeJeune
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D046428:Hawks / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D008392:Marmota / Q000382:microbiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D009820:Ohio; D009893:Opossums / Q000382:microbiology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012589:Sciuridae / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity; D020305:Strigiformes / Q000382:microbiology