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Genes genotypes osteomyelitis phenotypes polymerase chain reaction serotypes Crotalus Crotalus willardi PCR Salmonella enterica Viperidae snakes reptiles vertebrates Chordata animals eukaryotes Salmonella Enterobacteriaceae Gracilicutes bacteria prokaryotes
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Comparison Of Phenotypic Traits And Genetic Relatedness Of Salmonella Enterica Subspecies Arizonae Isolates From A Colony Of Ridgenose Rattlesnakes With Osteomyelitis, Davis A. Bemis, M A. Owston, A La Lickey, Stephen A. Kania, P Ebner, Barton W. Rohrbach Dr., Edward C. Ramsay
Comparison Of Phenotypic Traits And Genetic Relatedness Of Salmonella Enterica Subspecies Arizonae Isolates From A Colony Of Ridgenose Rattlesnakes With Osteomyelitis, Davis A. Bemis, M A. Owston, A La Lickey, Stephen A. Kania, P Ebner, Barton W. Rohrbach Dr., Edward C. Ramsay
Faculty Publications and Other Works -- Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences
Reptiles are well-known sources of human Salmonella infections; however, little is known about the ability of Salmonella to cause disease in reptiles. Thirty-seven isolates of Salmonella enterica subspecies arizonae (S. arizonae) were obtained from retrospective and prospective studies of a closed colony of ridgenose rattlesnakes (Crotalus willardi) with osteomyelitis. All isolates (n=7) from bone lesions were of a single serotype, 56:z4,z23, and this serotype was found on only one occasion among 8 other serotypes isolated from 21 cloacal and intestinal samples. The remainder (n=7) of serotype 56:z4,z23 isolates were from other extraintestinal sites, including liver, ovary, blood, and testis. S. …