Salmonellosis in adult cattle in Belgium

Citation
F. Pasmans et al., Salmonellosis in adult cattle in Belgium, VLAAM DIERG, 69(4), 2000, pp. 268-270
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
VLAAMS DIERGENEESKUNDIG TIJDSCHRIFT
ISSN journal
03039021 → ACNP
Volume
69
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
268 - 270
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-9021(200007/08)69:4<268:SIACIB>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
In the summer and fall of 1999 and in May 2000, ten outbreaks of salmonello sis were diagnosed in adult beef and dairy cows in Belgium. The main clinic al sign was severe, often fatal diarrhoea. Catarrhal or haemorrhagic enteri tis was the main necropsy finding. Infected cows excreted large numbers of Salmonella serotype Typhimurium. Seven out of eight phage-typed Typhimurium strains belonged to phage type DT104. In contrast with the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, this type of salmonellosis in adult cattle has not bee n reported in Belgium before.