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Salmonella spp. in Wild Free-Living Birds from Atlantic Forest Fragments in Southern Bahia, Brazil
- Source :
- BioMed Research International, Vol 2020 (2020), BioMed Research International
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2020.
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Abstract
- Wild animals have an ecological function and can serve as sentinels to identify infectious agents and as indicators of environmental health. Among the zoonotic pathogens, Salmonella spp. deserve special attention due to their high worldwide prevalence and their ubiquity of hosts. With the aim of investigating the presence of Salmonella spp. in wild birds from the Atlantic Forest in southern Bahia, Brazil, we collected 114 fecal samples of wild birds (14 families) between 2016 and 2017. Fecal samples were collected by means of cloacal swab and subjected to microbiological culture to isolate and serotype Salmonella spp. specifically. Antibiotic susceptibility was determined using the disk diffusion test protocol. Only one bird, Ceratopipra rubrocapilla, tested positive for Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Agona, which is the first record for this bird species. This isolate exhibited intermediate sensitivity to amikacin and gentamicin and sensitivity to the other 13 antibiotics tested. Results may indicate environmental preservation since the studied areas had minimal human activity and good sanitary quality. Despite the low prevalence, it is necessary to monitor wildlife and establish disease control and surveillance systems, especially for zoonotic diseases.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Serotype
Veterinary medicine
Salmonella
Microbiological culture
Article Subject
040301 veterinary sciences
Wildlife
Biology
medicine.disease_cause
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
0403 veterinary science
03 medical and health sciences
medicine
Feces
General Immunology and Microbiology
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
General Medicine
biology.organism_classification
030104 developmental biology
Amikacin
Salmonella enterica
Medicine
Gentamicin
Research Article
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23146141 and 23146133
- Volume :
- 2020
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BioMed Research International
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b2cc037841068e100d7e6551ad28e3aa