title: Salmonellosis in cattle: advantages of being an experimental model.
abstract: Salmonellosis is an important disease of cattle caused predominantly by Salmonella enterica serotypes Typhimurium (S. typhimurium) and Dublin (S. dublin). S. typhimurium causes acute enteritis and exudative diarrhea in calves. In addition to enteric disease, S. dublin can cause systemic infections, and may cause abortion in pregnant cows. Calves are considered a relevant model for non-typhoidal salmonellosis in humans. Experimental oral infections or inoculation of ligated ileal loops in calves have been extensively studied recently. This article reviews relevant published results regarding bovine salmonellosis as a natural disease or as an animal model.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia Geral do Instituto de Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av., Antonio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciana F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Tatiane A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Paixão
authors.forename: Renée M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Tsolis
authors.forename: Andreas J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bäumler
authors.forename: Renato L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000031:Abortion, Septic / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D011247:Pregnancy; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology*; D019779:Salmonella enterica; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium