The horse in ICU has cultured positive for Salmonella...

Salmonella enterica can be an important cause of healthcare-associated infections and zoonotic disease in veterinary hospitals [1]. Salmonella are Gram-negative, facultative, anaerobic bacteria, which usually gain access to the intestinal tract via the faecal-oral route. Salmonella commonly infects foals between 12 hours and 4 months of age. Young animals are more susceptible to Salmonella infections, maybe because of a less sophisticated or less well-established microflora within the gastrointestinal tract. The most common source of exposure and infection in the foal is another horse. Often the mare herself is an asymptomatic carrier. Mares have been shown to shed Salmonella at or shortly after parturition despite having as many as 19 negative cultures before foaling ...