@article{GEORGIADES (Γ.Κ. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΑΔΗΣ)_IORDANIDIS (Π. ΙΟΡΔΑΝΙΔΗΣ)_2018, title={Prevalence of Salmonella infection in pigeons, canaries and psittacines}, volume={53}, url={https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/jhvms/article/view/15367}, DOI={10.12681/jhvms.15367}, abstractNote={<p><span lang="EN-US">During the last decade, 618 pigeons, 182 canaries and 71 pcittacines, from Thessalonica greater area were examined in the Clinic of Poultry Diseases. Post mortem examination was performed in all birds and samples were collected from the liver, spleen, heart and intestine for bacteriological examinations. Blood agar (5% sheep blood), McConkey agar and Selenite broth were used for culturing suspect material. Serological and biochemical tests were performed from colonies grown on agar plates. </span><em><span lang="EN-US">Salmonella </span></em><span lang="EN-US">isolates were serotyped at the "Salmonella - Shigella National Research </span><span lang="EN-US">Center" in Athens, Greece. </span><em><span lang="EN-US">Salmonella </span></em><span lang="EN-US">was isolated from 53 out of 618 pigeons (8.6%), 33 out of 182 canaries (18.1%) and two out of 71 psittacines (2.8%). </span><em><span lang="EN-US">S. typhimurium </span></em><span lang="EN-US">was the most frequently isolated serotype in pigeons (75.5% of isolates), followed by </span><em><span lang="EN-US">S. </span></em><em><span lang="EN-US">enteritidis </span></em><span lang="EN-US">(11.3%). </span><em><span lang="EN-US">S. gallinarum </span></em><span lang="EN-US">and </span><em><span lang="EN-US">S. hadar </span></em><span lang="EN-US">(3.8%), as well as </span><em><span lang="EN-US">S. </span></em><em><span lang="EN-US">abony </span></em><span lang="EN-US">(1.9%) were less frequent. </span><em><span lang="EN-US">S. typhimurium </span></em><span lang="EN-US">was also the most frequently isolated serotype in canaries (90.9% of isolates), while </span><em><span lang="EN-US">S. </span></em><em><span lang="EN-US">enteritidis </span></em><span lang="EN-US">(6.1%) followed. </span><em><span lang="EN-US">S. infantis </span></em><span lang="EN-US">and </span><em><span lang="EN-US">S. gallinarum </span></em><span lang="EN-US">were each </span><span lang="EN-US">isolated once from psittacines. According to the results, the prevalence of </span><em><span lang="EN-US">Salmonella </span></em><span lang="EN-US">infection in the examined birds is considered rather low, while </span><em><span lang="EN-US">S. typhimurium </span></em><span lang="EN-US">and </span><em><span lang="EN-US">S. enteritidis </span></em><span lang="EN-US">seem to be the most frequent serotypes in these birds.</span></p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of the Hellenic Veterinary Medical Society}, author={GEORGIADES (Γ.Κ. ΓΕΩΡΓΙΑΔΗΣ) G. K. and IORDANIDIS (Π. ΙΟΡΔΑΝΙΔΗΣ) P.}, year={2018}, month={Jan.}, pages={113–118} }