Prevalence of Different Salmonella enterica Subspecies and Serotypes in Wild Carnivores in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy
Salmonella is a pathogen of considerable health concern, given its zoonotic potential, and, in Italy, is the most frequently reported causative agent for foodborne outbreaks. Wild animals and in particular wild carnivores may be carriers of different Salmonella enterica subspecies and serotypes. Giv...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:c3b42cc5e0e04804b0b64267cb10a5b0 2023-05-15T15:50:39+02:00 Prevalence of Different Salmonella enterica Subspecies and Serotypes in Wild Carnivores in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy Lorenzo Gambi Valentina Ravaioli Rachele Rossini Vito Tranquillo Andrea Boscarino Sara Mattei Mario D’incau Giovanni Tosi Laura Fiorentini Alessandra Di Donato 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233368 https://doaj.org/article/c3b42cc5e0e04804b0b64267cb10a5b0 EN eng MDPI AG https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/23/3368 https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615 doi:10.3390/ani12233368 2076-2615 https://doaj.org/article/c3b42cc5e0e04804b0b64267cb10a5b0 Animals, Vol 12, Iss 3368, p 3368 (2022) Salmonella spp wild carnivores badger red fox wolf Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991 article 2022 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12233368 2022-12-30T20:05:52Z Salmonella is a pathogen of considerable health concern, given its zoonotic potential, and, in Italy, is the most frequently reported causative agent for foodborne outbreaks. Wild animals and in particular wild carnivores may be carriers of different Salmonella enterica subspecies and serotypes. Given their potential role as reservoirs, surveillance activities are necessary. This study aims to investigate the presence of different Salmonella subspecies and serotypes in wild carnivores in the Emilia-Romagna Region. A total of 718 fox ( Vulpes vulpes ), 182 badger ( Meles meles ) and 27 wolf ( Canis lupus ) carcasses, submitted between 2016–2022, were included for the present work. Gender and age data were collected along with geographical coordinates of carcass’ discovery site. Contents of the large intestine were sampled and cultured according to ISO 6579-1 and both serogroup and serotype identification were performed according to ISO/TR 6579-3:2014. Salmonella was retrieved from 42 foxes (6%), 21 badgers (12%) and 3 wolves (12%), respectively. Isolated Salmonella enterica strains belonged to 4 different subspecies and 25 different serotypes. S. veneziana and S. typhimurium were the most frequent serotypes found (11/67 and 10/67, respectively). In conclusion, zoonotic serotypes were found in all these species of wildlife, thus confirming their potential role in the ecology of Salmonella spp. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Animals 12 23 3368 |
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Salmonella is a pathogen of considerable health concern, given its zoonotic potential, and, in Italy, is the most frequently reported causative agent for foodborne outbreaks. Wild animals and in particular wild carnivores may be carriers of different Salmonella enterica subspecies and serotypes. Given their potential role as reservoirs, surveillance activities are necessary. This study aims to investigate the presence of different Salmonella subspecies and serotypes in wild carnivores in the Emilia-Romagna Region. A total of 718 fox ( Vulpes vulpes ), 182 badger ( Meles meles ) and 27 wolf ( Canis lupus ) carcasses, submitted between 2016–2022, were included for the present work. Gender and age data were collected along with geographical coordinates of carcass’ discovery site. Contents of the large intestine were sampled and cultured according to ISO 6579-1 and both serogroup and serotype identification were performed according to ISO/TR 6579-3:2014. Salmonella was retrieved from 42 foxes (6%), 21 badgers (12%) and 3 wolves (12%), respectively. Isolated Salmonella enterica strains belonged to 4 different subspecies and 25 different serotypes. S. veneziana and S. typhimurium were the most frequent serotypes found (11/67 and 10/67, respectively). In conclusion, zoonotic serotypes were found in all these species of wildlife, thus confirming their potential role in the ecology of Salmonella spp. |
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Lorenzo Gambi Valentina Ravaioli Rachele Rossini Vito Tranquillo Andrea Boscarino Sara Mattei Mario D’incau Giovanni Tosi Laura Fiorentini Alessandra Di Donato |
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Lorenzo Gambi Valentina Ravaioli Rachele Rossini Vito Tranquillo Andrea Boscarino Sara Mattei Mario D’incau Giovanni Tosi Laura Fiorentini Alessandra Di Donato |
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Prevalence of Different Salmonella enterica Subspecies and Serotypes in Wild Carnivores in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy |
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Prevalence of Different Salmonella enterica Subspecies and Serotypes in Wild Carnivores in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy |
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Prevalence of Different Salmonella enterica Subspecies and Serotypes in Wild Carnivores in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy |
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Prevalence of Different Salmonella enterica Subspecies and Serotypes in Wild Carnivores in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy |
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Prevalence of Different Salmonella enterica Subspecies and Serotypes in Wild Carnivores in Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy |
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prevalence of different salmonella enterica subspecies and serotypes in wild carnivores in emilia-romagna region, italy |
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