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INTRO------ HI I’M ALEX FARNHAM AND THIS IS ANIMALIST
NEWS. MOST PEOPLE ASSOCIATE SALMONELLA WITH UNDERCOOKED
FOOD AND POULTRY, HOWEVER, A BIGGER THREAT LOOMS IN HOUSEHOLDS ALL ACROSS THE WORLD-
REPTILES. WHILE SNAKES AND TURTLES MAY LOOK FRIENDLY,
AN ESTIMATED NINETY PERCENT OF ALL REPTILES CARRY SALMONELLA BACTERIA AS AN INTESTINAL
INFECTION. THESE MICROBES ARE THEN SPREAD THROUGHOUT
THEIR HABITATS WHERE NEARLY SEVENTY THOUSAND AMERICANS ACQUIRE A SALMONELLA INFECTION EACH
YEAR. IN 2003, THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL FOUND
THAT ONLY FIVE AMERICAN STATES REQUIRED PET STORES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT SALMONELLA
TO CUSTOMERS. SINCE THEN, TURTLES WITH SHELLS SMALLER THAN
FOUR INCHES HAVE BEEN BLAMED FOR NUMEROUS OUTBREAKS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE MORE
COMMONLY ADOPTED THAN LARGER TURTLES AND CARRY SIX TYPES OF SALMONELLA.
ALTHOUGH THE SALE OF THESE SMALL TURTLES WAS BANNED IN 1975 DUE TO OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
RELATED SALMONELLA CASES, PEOPLE HAVE CONTINUED TO BUY AND SELL THE ANIMALS.
UNFORTUNATELY, ABOUT SEVENTY PERCENT OF THIS TURTLE’S VICTIMS ARE UNDER THE AGE OF TEN,
AND ONE THIRD OF THOSE ARE UNDER ONE YEAR OLD.
BECAUSE OF THEIR SEVERE VULNERABILITY TO BACTERIAL INFECTIONS, THE CDC URGES FAMILIES WITH YOUNG
CHILDREN TO STAY AWAY FROM REPTILES. SALMONELLA INFECTIONS CAN BE SPREAD THROUGH
FECES, SALIVA, OR BY JUST SIMPLY TOUCHING AN INFECTED SURFACE.
WHAT’S EVEN WORSE IS THAT MANY OF THESE BACTERIAS ARE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT AND CAN
EVEN BECOME FATAL IF NOT TREATED. THIS MIGHT BE WHY ONLY THREE PERCENT OF PET
OWNING AMERICANS HAVE A REPTILE. WOULD THIS INFORMATION STOP YOU FROM OWNING
A REPTILE? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW.
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