Salmonella spp. in Wild Free-Living Birds from Atlantic Forest Fragments in Southern Bahia, Brazil.

Autor: Dos Santos EJE; Graduation Program in Animal Science, Santa Cruz State University, Ilhéus BA, Brazil., Azevedo RP; Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Santa Cruz State University, Ilhéus BA, Brazil., Lopes ATS; Graduation Program in Animal Science, Santa Cruz State University, Ilhéus BA, Brazil., Rocha JM; Graduation Program in Animal Science, Santa Cruz State University, Ilhéus BA, Brazil., Albuquerque GR; Graduation Program in Animal Science, Santa Cruz State University, Ilhéus BA, Brazil.; Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Santa Cruz State University, Ilhéus BA, Brazil., Wenceslau AA; Graduation Program in Animal Science, Santa Cruz State University, Ilhéus BA, Brazil.; Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Santa Cruz State University, Ilhéus BA, Brazil., Miranda FR; Graduation Program in Animal Science, Santa Cruz State University, Ilhéus BA, Brazil.; Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Santa Cruz State University, Ilhéus BA, Brazil., Rodrigues DDP; National Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Entero-Infections, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil., Maciel BM; Graduation Program in Animal Science, Santa Cruz State University, Ilhéus BA, Brazil.; Department of Biological Sciences, Santa Cruz State University, Ilhéus BA, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BioMed research international [Biomed Res Int] 2020 Mar 01; Vol. 2020, pp. 7594136. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Mar 01 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.1155/2020/7594136
Abstrakt: 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.
Competing Interests: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
(Copyright © 2020 Eliege Jullia Eudoxia dos Santos et al.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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