Posted By: Srlb
Salmonella Tilene - 01/29/06 08:50 PM
I have been looking up different things about our Gliders, and recently I began to look up different illnesses.
I ran across several different articles today (even though they are older) that have grabbed my attention.
One of them being about Salmonella Tilene in Sugar Gliders. The article is mainly about a hedgehog, however, the family also had two gliders that died, both tested positive for Salmonella, and also states that nursery-raised juveniles are easily infected with Salmonella and often die of the disease.
After doing more looking into the symptoms and such, I began to wonder, seeing as how this causes severe stomach cramps, could it possibly be one of the causes for a glider to SM? Unless a fecal test is given specifically looking for Salmonella Tilene it is normally passed up due to the rareness of it here in the US. I am thinking maybe we should start asking our vets to not only check for parasites but also traces of salmonella tilene....
Would like to hear others thoughts and opinions on this....
(P.S. Charlie...see what you started!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />)
Edited to add a link to one of the Articles.
I ran across several different articles today (even though they are older) that have grabbed my attention.
One of them being about Salmonella Tilene in Sugar Gliders. The article is mainly about a hedgehog, however, the family also had two gliders that died, both tested positive for Salmonella, and also states that nursery-raised juveniles are easily infected with Salmonella and often die of the disease.
After doing more looking into the symptoms and such, I began to wonder, seeing as how this causes severe stomach cramps, could it possibly be one of the causes for a glider to SM? Unless a fecal test is given specifically looking for Salmonella Tilene it is normally passed up due to the rareness of it here in the US. I am thinking maybe we should start asking our vets to not only check for parasites but also traces of salmonella tilene....
Would like to hear others thoughts and opinions on this....
(P.S. Charlie...see what you started!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />)
Edited to add a link to one of the Articles.