Salmonella Infection in Green Anoles(Anolis carolinensis), an Invasive Alien Species onChichi Island of the Ogasawara Archipelago in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Tomoko KANAZAWA²  Koichi MURATA²  Daisuke SUMIYAMA²  Hidemasa IZUMIYA¹ 

[1] Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1�?23�?1Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162�?8640, Japan;Laboratory of Wildlife Sciences, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252�?0880, Japan

关键词: green anole;    invasive alien species;    lizard;    reptiles;    Salmonella Oranienburg;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.13-0217

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(25)Cited-By(1)We investigated the presence of Salmonella in the green anole(Anolis carolinensis), an invasive alien species on Chichi Island,Japan. Samples were also collected from feral goats and public toilets on the island toexamine infectious routes. Salmonellae were isolated from 27.1% of 199samples; 32.6% of 141 cloacal samples from anoles, 62.5% of 8 intestinal samples fromanole carcasses, 16.7% of 12 fecal samples from goats and 2.6% of 38 toilet bowl swabs.The serotype of most isolates was Salmonella Oranienburg (94.4% of 54).Although we did not confirm the infection pathways, our results indicated that greenanoles are a risk factor as a source of Salmonella for public health. Itis important to consider endemic pathogens that may be amplified by alien species withintheir introduced areas.

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