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OJVRTM
Online Journal of
Veterinary Research©
Volume
22 (5):369-373, 2018.
Clinical signs following experimental Salmonella typhimurium
infection in rabbits.
Mustafa Salah
Hasan1, Mohammed Ali Hussein1, Maher Saber Owain2,
Afaf Abdulrahman Yousif3
1Department(s)
of Internal and Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College(s) of Veterinary
Medicine, 2University of Fallujah,
University of Tikrit, 3University of Baghdad,
Iraq.
ABSTRACT
Hasan
MS, Hussein MA, Owain
MS, Yousif AA., Clinical signs following experimental
Salmonella typhimurium infection in rabbits, Onl J
Vet Res., 22 (5):369-373,
2018. Authors describe clinical signs in rabbits infected by a highly
virulent isolate of S. typhimurium. Ten mixed breed rabbits were
drenched orally with 5 ml suspension of
5×109 CFU S. typhimurium from diarrheic and
non-diarrheic dogs. Five controls
were drenched orally 5 ml saline. Mean body temperatures increased 24 h after
inoculation with diarrhea with or without blood or mucus, congestion of mucous
membrane and dehydration of varying severity. S. typhimurium was a main
source of diarrhea complicated by dehydration.
Key words: S. typhimurium, rabbits,
clinical signs.
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