POSITIVE EFFECTS OF DIET CHANGE ON SHEDDING OF SALMONELLA SPP. IN THE FECES OF CAPTIVE FELIDS

A high prevalence of fecal Salmonella shedding in a collection of healthy exotic felids precipitated a change to two new commercially available feline diets. One year after initiation of the new diets, 18 fecal samples from individual felines, their exhibits, and representative samples of the diets...

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Published in:Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 83 - 84
Main Authors: Lewis, Charles E., Bemis, David A., Ramsay, Edward C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States American Association of Zoo Veterinarians 01.03.2002
Subjects:
Animal Feed - microbiology
Animals
Animals, Zoo - microbiology
Bobcats
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
Carnivora - microbiology
Cats
Diet
fecal shedding
Feces
Feces - microbiology
Felidae
Female
Food
Food Microbiology
Foodways
Lions
Male
Meat - microbiology
Salmonella
Salmonella - isolation & purification
Salmonella Infections, Animal - etiology
Salmonella Infections, Animal - prevention & control
Zoos
ISSN:1042-7260, 1937-2825
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Summary:A high prevalence of fecal Salmonella shedding in a collection of healthy exotic felids precipitated a change to two new commercially available feline diets. One year after initiation of the new diets, 18 fecal samples from individual felines, their exhibits, and representative samples of the diets were cultured for Salmonella spp. Only one culture grew a Salmonella sp. Salmonella uganda was cultured from the feces of one snow leopard (Felis uncia). Feeding a diet with minimal to no Salmonella contamination lowered Salmonella shedding rates in this collection of captive exotic felids.
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ISSN:1042-7260
1937-2825
DOI:10.1638/1042-7260(2002)033[0083:PEODCO]2.0.CO;2