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Free‐living Waterfowl as a Source of Zoonotic Bacteria in a Dense Wild Bird Population Area in Northeastern S pain
Author(s) -
Antilles N.,
Sanglas A.,
CerdàCuéllar M.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
transboundary and emerging diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.392
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1865-1682
pISSN - 1865-1674
DOI - 10.1111/tbed.12169
Subject(s) - waterfowl , campylobacter , biology , salmonella , campylobacter jejuni , veterinary medicine , campylobacter coli , population , hunting season , zoology , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , ecology , environmental health , habitat , medicine , genetics
Summary S almonella spp. and C ampylobacter spp. are zoonotic bacteria that represent an economic and public health concern worldwide. Due to the difficulty to collect samples from free‐living waterfowl, little is known on their importance as a reservoir of zoonotic agents. Thus, a study was conducted to determine the prevalence, genotypic diversity and antimicrobial susceptibility of S almonella and C ampylobacter from waterfowl in Ebro Delta (northeastern S pain), a geographical area with a dense wild bird population. Samples were collected from 318 adult waterfowl belonging to nine fowl species. All the samples were taken during the hunting season from 2008 to 2010. None of the birds were positive for S almonella , while the overall C ampylobacter prevalence was 12.58% (40/318). A much higher C ampylobacter coli prevalence than C ampylobacter jejuni was found (11.64% versus 0.94%). The species F ulica atra showed the highest C ampylobacter prevalence (78.05%). ERIC ‐ PCR of the isolates showed a high diversity of strains. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of C ampylobacter isolates showed that all the isolates were susceptible to the seven antibiotics tested.