Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae serotype 61:k:1,5,(7) associated with chronic proliferative rhinitis and high nasal colonization rates in a flock of Texel sheep in Switzerland.

Stokar von Neuforn, Nadine; Overesch, Gudrun; Giezendanner, Regula; Roos, Simone; Gurtner, Corinne (2017). Salmonella enterica subsp. diarizonae serotype 61:k:1,5,(7) associated with chronic proliferative rhinitis and high nasal colonization rates in a flock of Texel sheep in Switzerland. Preventive veterinary medicine, 145, pp. 78-82. Elsevier 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.07.003

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Salmonella (S.) enterica subspecies diarizonae (IIIb) serovar 61:(k):1,5,(7) (S. IIIb 61:(k):1,5,(7)) is considered to be host adapted to sheep and is found regularly in feces of healthy carriers and of sheep with salmonellosis. A few cases of chronic proliferative rhinitis (CPR) in sheep have been described as a new disease in association with S. IIIb 61:k:1,5,(7) in the USA, in Spain and now for the first time in Switzerland. Three animals of a flock of Texel sheep suffering from chronic nasal discharge and dyspnea with subsequent death were necropsied. The pathological lesions are consistent with a severe proliferation of the nasal mucosae of the turbinates in association with severe chronic inflammation. S. IIIb 61:(k):1,5,(7) was isolated from the lesions by direct bacteriological culture and the presence of Salmonella spp. was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. The affected flock was systematically tested after the first occurrence of the disease. Clinical examination of the flock revealed approx. 20% of the adult sheep to show nasal discharge, approx. 5% having severe dyspnea and approx. 5% having chronic intermittent diarrhea. Lambs (n=28) showed no clinical signs at all. High positivity of nasal mucosa (46%), but low prevalence in feces (6%) for S. IIIb 61:k:1,5,(7) was found. The results lead to the assumption of a direct animal to animal transmission by nasal discharge followed by a chronic disease leading to death after several months to years. Animals tested positive for S. IIIb 61:k:1,5,(7) were all >1year old. CPR represents a chronic disease in adult sheep posing a risk for spreading S. IIIb 61:k:1,5,(7) between flocks and with a zoonotic potential.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Host-Pathogen Interaction
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Animal Pathology
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP)
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology

UniBE Contributor:

Stokar von Neuforn, Nadine, Overesch, Gudrun, Roos, Simone, Gurtner, Corinne

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

0167-5877

Publisher:

Elsevier

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pamela Schumacher

Date Deposited:

08 May 2018 16:32

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:11

Publisher DOI:

10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.07.003

PubMed ID:

28903879

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Mucosal proliferation Nasal carriers Nasal discharge Salmonella Zoonotic potential

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.112390

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/112390

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