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Mustaffa, Siti Sajidah and Abdul Aziz, Saleha and Abu, Jalila
(2014)
Occurrence of antibiotic resistant Salmonella and Campylobacter in wild birds.
Jurnal Veterinar Malaysia, 26 (1&2).
pp. 17-19.
ISSN 9128-2506
Abstract
Salmonella and Campylobacter are well recognised as important zoonotic foodborne pathogens. This study was undertaken to detect the occurrence of Salmonella and
Campylobacter in a population of wild birds and to
determine the antibiotic susceptibility of the isolates. A total of 68 fresh faecal samples were collected from wild birds in four areas (Bangi, Kepong, and two areas in
Serdang). One (1.47%) faecal sample was positive for
Salmonella spp. from a pigeon in Kepong and the isolate was resistant to erythromycin and tetracycline. Six (8.82%) faecal samples were positive for Campylobacter spp, three (50%) were from pigeons in Serdang and another three (50%) were pigeons from Kepong. All isolates were identified as
Campylobacter jejuni and were resistant to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (100%), followed by cefotaxime (83.3%), tetracycline (33.3%) and ampicillin (16.7%). The
presence of antibiotic resistant Salmonella spp. and
Campylobacter spp. in wild birds poses a public health risk because they may transmit these antibiotic resistant pathogens to farm animals and spread them in the environment
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