First isolation of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli from land turtles (Testudo graeca ibera) cultured in Turkey

Abstract

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli was isolated from the internal organs and intestinal contents of 3 land turtles submitted to the laboratory for diagnostic purposes from a turtle farm located in western Turkey. As a result of the antibiotic susceptibility testing, isolates showed intermediated susceptibility to ceftiofur and gentamycine. This is the first report of the disease in turtles in Turkey  Türkiye’nin batısındaki bir kaplumbağa çiftliğinden hastalık teşhisi amacıyla gönderilen üç yavru kara kaplumbağasının
iç organ örnekleri ve bağırsak içeriklerinden enteropathogenic Escherichia coli izole edildi. Yapılan antibiyogram testinde izolatların
ceftiofur ve gentamisine orta derecede duyarlı olduğu tespit edildi. Bu veriler ülkemizde kaplumbağalardan sağlanan ilk hastalık
verileridir.

Keywords

• Escherichia coli
• Testudo graeca ibera
• turtles

First isolation of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli from land turtles (Testudo graeca ibera) cultured in Turkey

Abstract

Türkiye’nin batısındaki bir kaplumbağa çiftliğinden hastalık teşhisi amacıyla gönderilen üç yavru kara kaplumbağasının iç organ örnekleri ve bağırsak içeriklerinden enteropathogenic Escherichia coli izole edildi. Yapılan antibiyogram testinde izolatların ceftiofur ve gentamisine orta derecede duyarlı olduğu tespit edildi. Bu veriler ülkemizde kaplumbağalardan sağlanan ilk hastalık verileridir

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli was isolated from the internal organs and intestinal contents of 3 land turtles
submitted to the laboratory for diagnostic purposes from a turtle farm located in western Turkey. As a result of the antibiotic
susceptibility testing, isolates showed intermediated susceptibility to ceftiofur and gentamycine. This is the first report of the disease
in turtles in Turkey

Keywords

• Escherichia coli
• Testudo graeca ibera
• turtles

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