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Occurrence, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and genotypic relatedness of Salmonella spp. isolates from captive wildlife, their caretakers, feed and water in India.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Sept 2018
Milton Arockiasamy Arun Prince, Agarwal Rajesh Kumar, Priya Govindarajan Bhuvana, Athira Cheruplackal Karunakaran, Saminathan Mani, Reddy Avinash, Aravind Manivasagam, Kumar Ashok
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Occurrence of Salmonella spp. in captive wild animal species in India is largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the occurrence of different Salmonella serotypes, antimicrobial resistance patterns and genotypic relatedness of recovered isolates. A total of 370 samples including faecal (n = 314), feed and water (n = 26) and caretakers stool swabs (n = 30) were collected from 40 different wild...
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