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Pessoa, C. A. (2009). Avaliação da microbiota bacteriana e fúngica presente na cloaca de jabutis (geochelone carbonaria) criados em domicílio e análise do potencial risco a saúde humana [bacterial and fungal microbiota evaluation in the companion tortoise (geochelone car. Unpublished thesis Dissertação de Mestrado, Universidade de São Paulo.
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Categories: General Keywords: Bakterien = bacteria, Chelonoidis, Chelonoidis carbonaria, Pilze = fungal infections, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Testudinidae, Veterinärmedizin = veterinary medicine Creators: Pessoa Publisher: Universidade de São Paulo |
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Testudinidae Veterinarians who work with reptiles are frequently asked by owners about diseases that these animals can transmit, as well about the preventative measures that should be taken to prevent the transmission of diseases. Therefore, knowledge about pathogens that inhabit these animals and represent a potential zoonotic risk are very important in order to allow veterinarians to give proper recommendations about husbandry and preventative methods. Children, elderly people, and imunocompromised individuals are increasingly susceptible to infections after reptile pet manipulation. The microorganisms which form the microbiota can become pathogenic for their host if the host is debilitated. Transmission of these microorganisms from healthy or sick reptiles can be hazardous for people that have contact with them. Considering that reptiles are increasing obtained as pet, their microbiota should be investigated in order to prevent transmission of disease to people who manipulate them. The purposes of this paper were to evaluate the bacterial and fungal microbiota in the companion tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria) and to analyze the potential public health risk. One hundred samples of feaces from cloaca were obtained from jabutis-piranga and microbiological examinations were made for the presence of aerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria, filamentous fungi and yeasts. Eighteen genus of bacteria, six genus of yeasts, and three genus of fungi were identified. The most frequently isolated genus were: Escherichia sp. (67%), Klebsiella spp. (54%), Bacillus spp. (42%), Candida spp. (42%), Citrobacter spp. (33%), Staphylococcus spp. (29%), Corynebacterium spp. (15%) and Aeromonas spp. (15%). The number of isolated E. coli (67%) was similar to that of Klebsiella sp. (54%), and was greater than (P<0.05) the total number of other species isolated. All isolated microorganisms present a public health risk. Therefore, care should be taken when obtaining these reptiles as pets, especially with regards to husbandry and proper hygiene in order to prevent the risk of contamination with the microbiota.
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