Ebani Valentina Virginia, Guardone Lisa, Bertelloni Fabrizio, Perrucci Stefania, Poli Alessandro, Mancianti Francesca
Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Centre for Climate Change Impact, University of Pisa, Via del Borghetto 80, 56124 Pisa, Italy.
Vet Sci. 2021 Aug 25;8(9):171. doi: 10.3390/vetsci8090171.
Wild avifauna may act as fecal source of bacterial and parasitic pathogens for other birds and mammals. Most of these pathogens have a relevant impact on human and livestock health which may cause severe disease and economic loss. In the present study, the fecal samples collected from 121 wild birds belonging to 15 species of the genera , and were submitted to bacteriological and molecular analyses to detect spp., , spp., spp., spp., spp., and microsporidia. Four (3.3%) animals were positive for one pathogen: one for , one for serovar Coeln, and two for . Although the prevalence rates found in the present survey were quite low, the obtained results confirm that wild birds would be the a potential fecal source of bacterial and parasitic zoonotic pathogens which sometimes can also represent a severe threat for farm animals.
野生鸟类可能成为其他鸟类和哺乳动物细菌性和寄生性病原体的粪便来源。这些病原体中的大多数对人类和家畜健康有重大影响，可能导致严重疾病和经济损失。在本研究中，从属于 15 个属的 121 只野生鸟类采集的粪便样本，进行了细菌学和分子分析，以检测 spp.、 、 spp.、 spp.、 spp.、 spp. 和微孢子虫。四只（3.3%）动物对一种病原体呈阳性：一只 对 呈阳性，一只 对血清型 Coeln 呈阳性，两只 对 呈阳性。尽管本次调查中发现的患病率相当低，但所得结果证实，野生鸟类可能是细菌性和寄生性人畜共患病原体的潜在粪便来源，有时也可能对农场动物构成严重威胁。
