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1 Microbiology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludag University, 16059, Gorukle Campus, Bursa, Turkey;
2 Pathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Uludag University, 16059, Gorukle Campus, Bursa, Turkey;
3 National Reference Laboratory for Salmonella, National Institute of Public Health, Srobarova 48, 10042 Prague 10, Czech Republic;
4 Centre for the Hygiene of Food Chains, National Institute of Public Health, Palackeho 3a, 61242 Brno, Czech Republic
5 Corresponding author: (email: klevent{at}uludag.edu.tr)
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 histopathologically 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/sulphamethoxazole. 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.
Key words: Antimicrobial susceptibility, Eurasian eagle owl, Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 21b, wild bird.
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