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1 July 2006 Isolation of Salmonella Enteritidis Phage Type 21b from a Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)
A. Levent Kocabiyik, I. Taci Cangul, Aylin Alasonyalilar, Daniela Dedicova, Renata Karpiskova
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Abstract

A case of fatal salmonellosis in a Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) from Bursa Province (northwestern Turkey) is described. The organs of the bird were examined histo-pathologically and microbiologically. Macroscopic and microscopic findings were consistent with a Salmonella infection. Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis) phage type (PT) 21b was isolated from the liver and spleen in pure culture and from the intestine. The isolate was susceptible to amoxycillin/clavulanic acid, ampicillin, chloramphenicol, gentamicin, kanamycin, tetracycline, and trimethoprim/sulpha-methoxazole. This is the first report of an isolation of salmonellae from a wild bird species from Turkey and the first time S. Enteritidis PT21b has been reported from Turkey.

Kocabiyik, Cangul, Alasonyalilar, Dedicova, and Karpiskova: Isolation of Salmonella Enteritidis Phage Type 21b from a Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)
A. Levent Kocabiyik, I. Taci Cangul, Aylin Alasonyalilar, Daniela Dedicova, and Renata Karpiskova "Isolation of Salmonella Enteritidis Phage Type 21b from a Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 42(3), 696-698, (1 July 2006). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-42.3.696
Received: 30 September 2005; Published: 1 July 2006
KEYWORDS
antimicrobial susceptibility
Eurasian eagle owl
Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 21b
wild bird
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