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**LPS O antigens prevent damage to bacterial cell wall by complement
 
**LPS O antigens prevent damage to bacterial cell wall by complement
 
**LPS also causes endotoxaemia, and may contribute to local inflammatory response damaging intestinal cells to cause diarrhoea
 
**LPS also causes endotoxaemia, and may contribute to local inflammatory response damaging intestinal cells to cause diarrhoea
**Endotoxic shock during septicaemic salmonellosis due to LPS  
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**Endotoxic shock during septicaemic [[Intestines - Fibrinous/ Haemorrhagic Enteritis#Salmonellosis|salmonellosis]] due to LPS  
 
**Intracellular carriage if bacteria no completely removed
 
**Intracellular carriage if bacteria no completely removed
**Invasive potential of certain strains e.e ''Salmonella'' Dublin associated with carriage of a large plasmid, encoding genes to allow intracellular survival in macrophages and also to allow iron acquisition
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**Invasive potential of certain strains e.g. ''Salmonella'' Dublin associated with carriage of a large plasmid, encoding genes to allow intracellular survival in macrophages and also to allow iron acquisition
 
**''Salmonellae'' are facultative intracellular organisms, allowing them to move from the gut in macrophages and cause a bacteraemia and lesions throughout the body
 
**''Salmonellae'' are facultative intracellular organisms, allowing them to move from the gut in macrophages and cause a bacteraemia and lesions throughout the body
 
**Possession of Pathogenicity Islands associated with virulence
 
**Possession of Pathogenicity Islands associated with virulence
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*Most human infections contracted from animals, especially poulty and cattle
 
*Most human infections contracted from animals, especially poulty and cattle
 
*Some serotypes are host-specific, some infect a wide range of species
 
*Some serotypes are host-specific, some infect a wide range of species
*Healthy adult carnivores are resistant to salmonellosis
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*Healthy adult carnivores are resistant to [[Intestines - Fibrinous/ Haemorrhagic Enteritis#Salmonellosis|salmonellosis]]
 
*Clinical outcome depends on number of bacteria ingested, virulence of serotype, susceptibility of host
 
*Clinical outcome depends on number of bacteria ingested, virulence of serotype, susceptibility of host
 
*Young and debilitated animals susceptible
 
*Young and debilitated animals susceptible
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**''S.'' Typhi, ''S.'' Paratyphi: infect humans
 
**''S.'' Typhi, ''S.'' Paratyphi: infect humans
 
**''S.'' Montevideo produces outbreaks from contaminated imported meat and bone meal  
 
**''S.'' Montevideo produces outbreaks from contaminated imported meat and bone meal  
*Enteric salmonellosis:
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*Enteric [[Intestines - Fibrinous/ Haemorrhagic Enteritis#Salmonellosis|salmonellosis]]:
 
**Enterocolitis occurs in most farm animal species affecting all ages
 
**Enterocolitis occurs in most farm animal species affecting all ages
 
**[[Intestines - Ulcerative Enteritis|Ulcerative enteritis]]  
 
**[[Intestines - Ulcerative Enteritis|Ulcerative enteritis]]  
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**Milder syndrome where endemic on farms, possibly due to acquired immunity
 
**Milder syndrome where endemic on farms, possibly due to acquired immunity
 
**Chronic enterocolitis can occur in surviving pigs, cattle, horses, causing intermittent fever, soft faeces and gradual weight loss
 
**Chronic enterocolitis can occur in surviving pigs, cattle, horses, causing intermittent fever, soft faeces and gradual weight loss
*Septicaemic salmonellosis:
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*Septicaemic [[Intestines - Fibrinous/ Haemorrhagic Enteritis#Salmonellosis|salmonellosis]]:
 
**Most common in calves, neonatal foals, pigs under one month
 
**Most common in calves, neonatal foals, pigs under one month
 
**Sudden onset fever, depression, recumbency
 
**Sudden onset fever, depression, recumbency
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***Most survivors become subclinical excretors
 
***Most survivors become subclinical excretors
 
***May become latent carriers with no excretion
 
***May become latent carriers with no excretion
*Salmonellosis in poultry:
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*[[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
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