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*Bovine [[Intestines - Fibrinous/ Haemorrhagic Enteritis#Salmonellosis|salmonellosis]]:
*Bovine [[Intestines - Fibrinous/ Haemorrhagic Enteritis#Salmonellosis|salmonellosis]]:
**Syndrome of fever and diarrhoea (with dysentery), often fatal, in calves and adult cattle
**Syndrome of fever and diarrhoea (with dysentery), often fatal, in calves and adult cattle
**Abdominal pain in adult cattle due to necrotic bowel
**Recumbency and depression, with death after 7-10 days during severe infection - mortality up to 75% in untreated adult animals
**Antibiotic treatment reduces mortality to 10%
**Diarrhoea lasts for up to 2 weeks, and complete recovery may take months
**May cause abortion of pregnant cattle in absence of other signs
**May cause abortion of pregnant cattle in absence of other signs
**Septicaemia in neonates; accute enteritis in older calves
**Septicaemia in neonates; accute enteritis in older calves
**Calves are dull, lethargic, inappetent, pyrexic, with profuse, fowl-smelling diarrhoea
**Death in calves can occur after 2-3 days
**Diarrhoea in survivors may last 2 weeks
**Caused by infection with various ''Salmonella'' serotypes, e.g. ''S.'' Dublin and ''S.'' Typhimurium
**Caused by infection with various ''Salmonella'' serotypes, e.g. ''S.'' Dublin and ''S.'' Typhimurium
**An important zoonosis and reportable
**An important zoonosis and reportable
***Can cause fatal septicaemia - fever, depression, drop in milk yield; calves may develope arthritis, meningitis, pneumonia
***Can cause fatal septicaemia - fever, depression, drop in milk yield; calves may develope arthritis, meningitis, pneumonia
***Abortion with no other clinical signs
***Abortion with no other clinical signs
***Chronic infections with ''S.'' Dublin in calves cause dry gangrene of extremities due to disseminated intravascular coagulation
***Chronic infections with ''S.'' Dublin in calves cause dry gangrene of extremities due to disseminated intravascular coagulation; tips of ears, tail and limbs may slough
***Can cause [[Bones - inflammatory#Osteomyelitis|Osteomyelitis]] in young animals
***Can cause [[Bones - inflammatory#Osteomyelitis|Osteomyelitis]] in young animals
***Most survivors become subclinical excretors
***Most survivors become subclinical excretors
***May become latent carriers with no excretion
***May become latent carriers with no excretion
*[[Intestines - Fibrinous/ Haemorrhagic Enteritis#Salmonellosis|salmonellosis]] in poultry:
*[[Intestines - Fibrinous/ Haemorrhagic Enteritis#Salmonellosis|Salmonellosis]] in poultry:
**''S.'' Pullorum and ''S.'' Gallinarum now rare in UK due to eradication programs including the Pullorum test (whole blood slide agglutination to detect antibody to both ''S.'' Pullorum and ''S'' Gallinarum)
**''S.'' Pullorum and ''S.'' Gallinarum now rare in UK due to eradication programs including the Pullorum test (whole blood slide agglutination to detect antibody to both ''S.'' Pullorum and ''S'' Gallinarum)
**These ''Salmonellae'' can infect the ovaries of hens and be transmitted via eggs
**These ''Salmonellae'' can infect the ovaries of hens and be transmitted via eggs