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Abstract
Wild birds play a great role in disseminating many
pathogenic bacterial agents in different geographic areas as a result
of their migration behavior from area to another. Thereby, this study
was carried out to study the role of some species of wild birds
(quails, doves, sparrows and cattle egrets) in transmitting some
zoonotic bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella spp. directly or
indirectly to man. The following points were investigated:
1- Occurrence of some zoonotic bacteria within the family
Enterobacteriacae in wild birds:
A total of 400 cloacal swabs of different wild birds spp.
including quails, doves, sparrows and cattle egrets (100
samples, each) were collected from different villages in
Hehia city, Sharkia province, Egypt during the period
extending from January to December, 2012.
The overall prevalence rates of Escherichia coli, Salmonella
spp., Ent. aerogens, Ent. hafnia, Ent. agglomerans, Ent.
c/oacae, Cif. freundii, Cif. diversus, Kl. pneumoniae, Kt.
ozaenae, and Proteus spp.in the examined wild birds were 48,
10.75, 10.75,4.25,2.25, 8.75, 7.75, 6.25, 6, 7.25 and 23.75%,
respecti vel y.
Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Ent. aerogens, Ent. hafnia,
Ent. agglomerans, Ent. c/oacae, Cit. freundii, Cit. diversus,
Kt. pneumoniae, Kt. ozaenae, and Proteus spp. were detected
in 100 cloacal swabs of quails with percentages of 47, 9, 12,
4,2, 8, 3, 3, 7, 3 and 36, respectively.