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Salmonellosis due to a monophasic variant of Salmonella Typhimurium in a cow
Author(s) -
Millemann Yves,
Granier Sophie A,
Boulouis HenriJean,
Lailler Renaud,
Belbis Guillaume
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
veterinary record case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2052-6121
DOI - 10.1136/vetreccr-2014-000116
Subject(s) - medicine , salmonella , isolation (microbiology) , veterinary medicine , cow calf , physiology , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , herd , genetics
A monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium (mST) variant has emerged in Europe in the last decade. It has mainly been isolated from pigs and humans. However, it seems that it may now also circulate in poultry and cattle. Interestingly, this variant was isolated from healthy subjects regardless of the animal species. Herein, we report the isolation of such a variant from a clinically affected cow that was hospitalised in the Alfort Large Animal Hospital. The 13‐year‐old cow showed the typical clinical signs suggestive of salmonellosis including fever and diarrhoea that contained frank blood and fibrin clots. An mST was isolated from this cow, but it was not recovered from the samples taken from two other cows displaying similar clinical signs or from the other hospitalised animals.