A subadult male Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) stranded dead on Florida's Atlantic coast in January 2015. Necropsy and histopathologic findings confirmed chronic systemic bacterial infection caused by Salmonella enterica serotype IV 50:z4,z23,:- involving renal, respiratory, lymphatic, and skeletal systems. This was a unique case of systemic salmonellosis in a Florida manatee.
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1 October 2017
Fatal Systemic Salmonellosis in a Florida Manatee ( Trichechus manatus latirostris)
Bryan S. Vorbach,
David S. Rotstein,
Nicole I. Stacy,
Carla Mavian,
Marco Salemi,
Thomas B. Waltzek,
Martine de Wit
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 53 • No. 4
October 2017
Vol. 53 • No. 4
October 2017