Abstract
THE PET turtle as a potential source of salmonellosis has been pointed out (1, 2). The evidence is clear-cut-a pet turtle is brought into a home and within a few days one or more persons handling the turtle becomes ill. Upon investigation, the same Salmonella serotype is recovered from the patient and the turtle. Quite commonly, however, a turtle is in the home for several months before any person becomes ill. One wonders in such instances whether the turtle had the organism when it was brought into the home or whether it was infected from some source after it arrived. To supply a logical basis for evaluation of these points, we attempted to determine if naturally infected pet turtles would have salmonellae in the feces for prolonged periods of time. As an adjunct to the study, we tried to quantitate the levels of Salmonella contamination in the typical environment of a pet turtle.
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