FDA Advice About Pet Turtles And Salmonella Risk

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Updated December 5, 2021

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You can still read about the same topic here:

Pet Turtles: Cute But Commonly Contaminated with Salmonella - FDA.gov

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Turtles may look like cute pets, but it is estimated that they are responsible for over 70,000 cases of Salmonella infections every year in this country. Some of these infections can be serious or even fatal. In one case, a four week-old infant died of a Salmonella infection that was traced to a pet turtle in the home. In another case, two teenage girls became very ill after they swam in an unchlorinated family pool where pet turtles had been allowed to swim. Read or watch the FDA information about this, FDA report on Potentially Fatal Salmonella Infections from Pet Turtles. Personally, I had trouble viewing the video. But even with that, the text information is still valuable. 

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