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**''Salmonellae'' can persist in the gut or gall bladder
 
**''Salmonellae'' can persist in the gut or gall bladder
 
**Excreted in faeces after clinical signs disappeared - active carriage
 
**Excreted in faeces after clinical signs disappeared - active carriage
**Bacteria can survive intracellularly, avioding the immune system and antimicrobials
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**Bacteria can survive intracellularly, avoiding the immune system and antimicrobials
 
**May have latent carriage and intermittent excretion in faeces
 
**May have latent carriage and intermittent excretion in faeces
**Stresses e.g. transportaion, illness, parturition, overcrowding promote excretion in carrier animals
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**Stresses e.g. transportaion, illness, parturition, overcrowding promote excretion in carrier animals and may cause clinical signs to be shown
 
**Tortoises, terrapins, snakes and other reptiles ofter carry ''Salmonellae''
 
**Tortoises, terrapins, snakes and other reptiles ofter carry ''Salmonellae''
 
**Asymptomatic carriage allows faecal spread of infection  
 
**Asymptomatic carriage allows faecal spread of infection  
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*Zoonotic
 
*Zoonotic
 
*Outbreaks from contaminated imported meat and bone meal  
 
*Outbreaks from contaminated imported meat and bone meal  
*Some serotypes are host-specific, some are not
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*Some serotypes are host-specific, some infect a wide range of species
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*Healthy adult carnivores are resistant to salmonellosis
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*Clinical outcome depends on number of bacteria ingested, virulence of serotype, susceptibility of host
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*Young and debilitated animals susceptible
 
*''S.'' Tymphimurium infects many species; causes severe diarrhoea; non-invasive; causes of food poisoning in humans, e.g. from infected poultry
 
*''S.'' Tymphimurium infects many species; causes severe diarrhoea; non-invasive; causes of food poisoning in humans, e.g. from infected poultry
 
*''S. enteritidis'': non species-specific; losses in young birds; causes food poisoning in humans
 
*''S. enteritidis'': non species-specific; losses in young birds; causes food poisoning in humans
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*''S.'' Typhi, ''S.'' Paratyphi: infect humans
 
*''S.'' Typhi, ''S.'' Paratyphi: infect humans
 
*Most human infections contracted from animals, especially poulty and cattle
 
*Most human infections contracted from animals, especially poulty and cattle
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*Enteric and septicaemic forms of salmonellosis
 
*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
 
**May cause abortion of pregnant cattle in absence of other signs
 
**May cause abortion of pregnant cattle in absence of other signs
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**Septicaemia in neonates; accute enteritis in older calves
 
**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  
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**Chronic infections with ''S.'' Dublin in calves cause dry gangrene and bone lesions
 
**An important zoonosis and reportable
 
**An important zoonosis and reportable
 
**Carrier animals important for spread
 
**Carrier animals important for spread
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