title: Characteristics of Salmonella spp. Isolated from Wild Birds Confiscated in Illegal Trade Markets, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
abstract: The prevalence of Salmonella spp. was investigated in 109 wild birds poached in the illegal wildlife trade in Rio de Janeiro; most of them are passerines from Thraupidae family and three from Psittacidae. One strain of Salmonella ser. Typhimurium and two strains of Salmonella ser. Panama were isolated from passerine species and all of them showed resistance to multiple antimicrobial drugs, like ampicillin, ceftriaxone, ceftiofur, tetracycline, gentamicin, nalidixic acid, ciprofloxacin, and enrofloxacin. PFGE showed 100% similarity among the Salmonella ser. Typhimurium strain isolated from a Temminck's seedeater (Sporophila falcirostris) and the strains isolated from a human outbreak, in southern Brazil. The two Salmonella ser. Panama strains isolated from two chestnut-capped blackbirds (Chrysomus ruficapillus) present in the same catch showed the same clonal origin and have never been associated with epizooties and human outbreaks. Potential for dissemination of resistant Salmonella through situations offered by captive management and the isolation of the same strain from wild birds and human sources may become a problem for the conservation of natural populations and to public health.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Epidemiologia e Saúde Pública, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23890-000 Seropédica, RJ, Brazil; Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 21041-210 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Alexandre Rey
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Matias
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Referência Nacional de Enteroinfecções Bacterianas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 21040-360 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ingrid Annes
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Referência Nacional de Enteroinfecções Bacterianas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 21040-360 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maiara dos Santos
authors.initials: Mdos S
authors.lastname: de Araújo
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Referência Nacional de Enteroinfecções Bacterianas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 21040-360 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: André Felipe Mercês
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública de Santa Catarina, 88010-002 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rudi Pereira
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Laboratório Central de Saúde Pública de Santa Catarina, 88010-002 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Christakis
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Referência Nacional de Enteroinfecções Bacterianas, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 21040-360 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dália dos Prazeres
authors.initials: Ddos P
authors.lastname: Rodrigues
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 21041-210 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siciliano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D001938:Brazil; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity