Salmonella typhimurium DT104 in farmed rabbits.
A total of 1,000 rectal samples were collected from rabbits coming from 25 rabbit farms in southern Italy. All samples were processed for isolation of Salmonella spp. by standard culture method based on the ISO 6579:2002 method. Salmonella spp. was isolated from 1/25 rabbit farms analyzed. In particular, four out of 1,000 rectal swab samples, taken from young rabbits, were serotyped as S. Typhimurium and phage typed as S. Typhimurium DT104. All the isolates were resistant to ampicillin, chloramphenicol, streptomycin, sulfamethoxazole, and tetracycline (ACSSuT pentaresistance type). The findings of the present study suggest the rabbit as potential carrier of S. Typhimurium DT104.
Department of Pathology and Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Italy.
Luca
L
Borrelli
Alessandro
A
Fioretti
Valentina
V
Ruggiero
Antonio
A
Santaniello
Giuseppe
G
Cringoli
Antonia
A
Ricci
Lisa
L
Barco
Lucia Francesca
LF
Menna
Ludovico
L
Dipineto
D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D011817:Rabbits; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents