Fatal Systemic Salmonellosis in a Florida Manatee ( Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Bryan S Vorbach; David S Rotstein; Nicole I Stacy; Carla Mavian; Marco Salemi; Thomas B Waltzek; Martine de Wit

doi:10.7589/2017-01-012

Fatal Systemic Salmonellosis in a Florida Manatee ( Trichechus manatus latirostris)

J Wildl Dis. 2017 Oct;53(4):930-933. doi: 10.7589/2017-01-012. Epub 2017 May 2.

Authors

Bryan S Vorbach^{1

2}, David S Rotstein³, Nicole I Stacy², Carla Mavian⁴, Marco Salemi⁴, Thomas B Waltzek⁵, Martine de Wit¹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Marine Mammal Pathobiology Lab, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 3700 54th Avenue S, St. Petersburg, Florida 33711, USA.
² 2 Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2015 SW 16th Avenue, PO Box 100136, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA.
³ 3 Marine Mammal Pathology Services, 19117 Bloomfield Road, Olney, Maryland 20832, USA.
⁴ 4 Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, PO Box 100275, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA.
⁵ 5 Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, PO Box 110880, Gainesville, Florida 32611, USA.

PMID: 28463629
DOI: 10.7589/2017-01-012

Abstract

A subadult male Florida manatee ( Trichechus manatus latirostris) stranded dead on Florida's Atlantic coast in January 2015. Necropsy and histopathologic findings confirmed chronic systemic bacterial infection caused by Salmonella enterica serotype IV 50:z4,z23,:- involving renal, respiratory, lymphatic, and skeletal systems. This was a unique case of systemic salmonellosis in a Florida manatee.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Abscess / microbiology
Abdominal Abscess / pathology
Abdominal Abscess / veterinary
Animals
Autopsy / veterinary
Fatal Outcome
Intestine, Small / pathology
Kidney / microbiology*
Kidney / pathology
Kidney Diseases / microbiology
Kidney Diseases / pathology
Kidney Diseases / veterinary
Lung Diseases / microbiology
Lung Diseases / pathology
Lung Diseases / veterinary
Lymph Nodes / pathology
Male
Salmonella Infections, Animal / microbiology*
Salmonella enterica / isolation & purification*
Scoliosis / etiology
Scoliosis / pathology
Scoliosis / veterinary
Trichechus manatus*