Isolation of Salmonella typhimurium from dead blue and gold macaws (Ara ararauna).
Two blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna) chicks died of fatal salmonellosis in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The birds were histopathologically and microbiologically examined. Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Typhimurium was isolated from the liver, spleen, heart, lung, kidney, and intestine of both birds. All strains were susceptible to ampicillin, cephalothin, cefotaxime, enrofloxacin, nalidixic acid, gentamicin, streptomycin, chloramphenicol, fosfomycin, tetracycline, nitrofurantoin, and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. The XbaI-PFGE profile of the Salmonella Typhimurium isolated from the two animals, which shared the same cage, was identical and showed a unique pattern compared with 301 isolates included in the PulseNet national database of Salmonella pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns. This is the first report that describes fatal cases of salmonellosis from blue and gold macaws.
Cátedra de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. gvigo@fcv.unlp.edu.ar
Germán B
GB
Vigo
Javier
J
Origlia
Daniel
D
Gornatti
Miguel
M
Piscopo
Angela
A
Salve
María I
MI
Caffer
Mariana
M
Pichel
Norma
N
Binsztein
Gerardo A
GA
Leotta
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D010311:Parrots / Q000382:microbiology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*