Novel Salmonella Variant Associated with Mortality in Two Great Spotted Woodpeckers (Dendrocopos major)

Vicky Wilkinson; Julia Rodriguez-Ramos Fernandez; Alejandro Núñez; Shaheed K Macgregor; Shinto K John; Timothy J Dallman; Andrew A Cunningham; Elizabeth M de Pinna; Becki Lawson

doi:10.7589/2018-08-191

Novel Salmonella Variant Associated with Mortality in Two Great Spotted Woodpeckers (Dendrocopos major)

Vicky Wilkinson, Julia Rodriguez-Ramos Fernandez, Alejandro Núñez, Shaheed K Macgregor, Shinto K John, Timothy J Dallman, Andrew A Cunningham, Elizabeth M de Pinna, Becki Lawson

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Abstract

Two adult Great Spotted Woodpeckers (Dendrocopos major) from separate sites in Great Britain were examined postmortem in 2013 and 2016. A Salmonella sp. was isolated from multiple tissues in both birds. Histopathology and immunohistochemistry confirmed disseminated salmonellosis. Whole-genome sequencing and biochemical analyses putatively identified both isolates as a novel variant of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Hessarek (S. Hessarek). Salmonellosis has seldom been reported in Piciformes, and never before in association with S. Hessarek infection. These findings, therefore, add to current knowledge regarding the range of wild bird species susceptible to this Salmonella serovar, and our understanding of the pathogens affecting Great Spotted Woodpeckers, in particular.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	874-878
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Volume	55
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7589/2018-08-191
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2019
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Animals
Bird Diseases/microbiology
Birds/microbiology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Male
Salmonella/classification
Salmonella Infections, Animal/microbiology

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Novel Salmonella Variant Associated with Mortality in Two Great Spotted Woodpeckers (Dendrocopos major)

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