Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
DOI
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Abstract
Salmonella arizonae infection was detected in guinea pigs kept for breeding. Two months old 50 quinea pigs were died in the breedig unit. Three death and 2 live guinea pigs were brought to Veterinary Faculty of İstanbul. The live 2 were euthanasied and necropcy was performed on all guinea pigs. The fluid about 50 cc. in the abdomen, the necrosis and pseudomembranes in the liver and spleen were observed. On histopathology, the foci of various coagulative necrosis were seen in the liver. The samples were taken from the liver and spleen for bacteriology and Salmonella arizonae was identified using the standart methods and API-20E.
Keywords
Guinea pig, Salmonella arizonae, Pathological findings.
First Page
329
Last Page
332
Recommended Citation
GÜREL, Aydın; AYYILDIZ, Gülbin; TURAN, Nuri; PALA, Tunay; and YILMAZ, Hüseyin (1998) "Salmonella arizonaeInfection In A Guinea Pig Breeding Unit," Turkish Journal of Veterinary & Animal Sciences: Vol. 22: No. 4, Article 7. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/veterinary/vol22/iss4/7
