Nasal and cloacal bacteria in free-ranging desert tortoises from the western United States

Authors
Dickinson, VM Duck, T Schwalbe, CR Jarchow, JL Trueblood, MH
Citation
Vm. Dickinson et al., Nasal and cloacal bacteria in free-ranging desert tortoises from the western United States, J WILDL DIS, 37(2), 2001, pp. 252-257
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Medicine/Animal Health
Journal title
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES
ISSN journal
00903558 → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
252 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-3558(200104)37:2<252:NACBIF>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Aerobic bacteria were collected from three free-ranging dc sc rt tortoise ( Gopherus agassizii) populations in the eastern Mojave Desert (Arizona, Utah : USA) from 1989 to 1993, and from two free-ranging populations in the cent ral Sonoran Desert (Arizona, USA) from 1990 to 1994. Six species of nasal b acteria and 18 species of cloacal bacteria were identified. At least one po tential pathogen was found in the nasal cavity (Pasteurella testudinis), an d at least two potential pathogens in the cloaca (Pseudomonas spp., Salmone lla spp.).