title: Cloacal flora isolated from wild black-bellied whistling ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis) in Laguna La Nacha, Mexico.
abstract: Cloacal swabs from 110 adult black-bellied whistling ducks trapped at Laguna La Nacha, Tamaulipas, Mexico, were cultured to determine the prevalence of normal and potentially pathogenic bacteria. Twenty-five gram-negative enterobacteria and four gram-positive cocci were isolated. The most common isolates included Escherichia coli (54%), Staphylococcus spp. (29%), Streptococcus spp. (22%), Aeromonas hydrophila (15%) Enterobacter cloacae (14%), and Micrococcus sp. (14%). The implications of whistling ducks as possible reservoirs of pathogenic bacteria are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Aguirre
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: McLean
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D002988:Cloaca / Q000382:microbiology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004372:Ducks / Q000382:microbiology*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008800:Mexico