Trachemys scripta elegans

Trachemys scripta elegans

1. Red-eared slider tortoise

2. Contaminated with Salmonella bacterium

   • Synptoms
     • 1. Diarrhea
     • 3. Stomach pain
     • 6. Vomiting
     • 2. Fever
     • 4. Nausea
     • 5. Septicema
   • Characteristics
     • 1. Gram negtive bacteria
     • 2. Rod shaped bacteria
     • 7. Found in aquatic and Terrestrial tortoises
     • 3. Live in hard surfaces for several days
     • 4. Bacteria that cause Salmonellosis
     • 5. Cause serious illness to human
     • 6.Name suggests: Salmonella enterica
       • Serovar:1.S.typhimurium
     • Causes: Salmonellosis

3. Where is the bacterium live?

   • Tortoise's skin and shell
   • Gastrointestinal tract and shed through feces
   • Contaminated aquarium

4. People at risk

   • Pregnant woman
   • Children under one year old
   • Elderly and a weakend immune system

5. Salmonellosis

   • Zoonosis (can be transmitted from animals to people)
   • Associated with reptiles
   • How does human involved?
     • 1. The water was so dirty and the tortoises were unhealthy
       • 2. Tortoises's immune system weakened and Salmonella bacteria multiply
         • 3. The intsetines were overloaded with bacteria and shed through their feces
           • 4. The feces entered in water
             • 5. Small children would put their hands or the sick little tortoises in their mouth
               • 6.Get Salmonella infection

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