2016
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-016-0988-y
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Free-living snakes as a source and possible vector of Salmonella spp. and parasites

Abstract: Free-living snakes may carry a broad range of pathogens that differ considerably by geographical locations and source species. The biological role of wildlife snakes for transmission of bacteria and helminths is hardly explored. The purpose of the study was a snapshot on the zoonotic agents load in free-living snakes found dead in a landscape park in central Poland. A total of 16 dead free-living snakes identified as European grass snake (Natrix natrix, N = 15) and a smooth snake (Coronella austriaca, N = 1) w… Show more

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“…Only the presence of unidentified nematodes was reported in one individual from the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park during a survey on the detection of Salmonella spp. in native snakes (Zając et al 2016). This snake is a secretive and notoriously difficult species to detect in the field (Profus et al 2018), thus data on the helminths infecting this species throughout Poland and other Central European countries are scarce.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Only the presence of unidentified nematodes was reported in one individual from the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park during a survey on the detection of Salmonella spp. in native snakes (Zając et al 2016). This snake is a secretive and notoriously difficult species to detect in the field (Profus et al 2018), thus data on the helminths infecting this species throughout Poland and other Central European countries are scarce.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…enterica serovar Schleissheim (n = 5), S. Abony (n = 2) and S . Telhashomer (n = 1), according to EN ISO 6579:2002/A1:2007 and the presence of the invA gene (Zając et al 2016 ).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The role of food-producing animals in the spread of AMR and Salmonella along the food chain has been confirmed by numerous monitoring programs [ 3 , 6 , 7 , 8 ]. Several reports indicate the contribution of wildlife in AMR and Salmonella dissemination [ 9 , 10 , 11 ]. However, due to the lack of large-scale research, the importance of wildlife as a reservoir of AMR and zoonotic pathogens still seems to be insufficiently recognized.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%