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Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in translocated wild reptiles and effect of duration of quarantine on their body condition

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Pages 174-179 | Received 29 Aug 2019, Accepted 03 Feb 2021, Published online: 19 Mar 2021

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Figure 1. Location of sites within Northland, New Zealand where reptiles were captured and translocated to Matakohe-Limestone Island.

Figure 1. Location of sites within Northland, New Zealand where reptiles were captured and translocated to Matakohe-Limestone Island.

Table 1. Location of origin and days in quarantine (DIQ) of five endemic reptile species translocated to Matakohe-Limestone Island (MLI), New Zealand between 2007 and 2009. Prevalence of carriage of Salmonella spp. in these reptiles and in copper skinks (Oligosoma aeneum) resident on MLI is shown along with a translocation and sampling summary.

Figure 2. Mean (±95% CI) change in body condition (BC; calculated as scaled mass index) during quarantine as a proportion of BC at start of quarantine, of five endemic reptile species (○ = Dactylocnemis pacificus, n = 50; ▵ = Woodworthia maculata, n = 15; ▪ = Oligosoma ornatum, n = 30; • = O. moco, n = 8; ▴ = O. smithi, n = 14) which were translocated to Matakohe-Limestone Island during 2007–2009.

Figure 2. Mean (±95% CI) change in body condition (BC; calculated as scaled mass index) during quarantine as a proportion of BC at start of quarantine, of five endemic reptile species (○ = Dactylocnemis pacificus, n = 50; ▵ = Woodworthia maculata, n = 15; ▪ = Oligosoma ornatum, n = 30; • = O. moco, n = 8; ▴ = O. smithi, n = 14) which were translocated to Matakohe-Limestone Island during 2007–2009.