Publications

frequency of zoonotic bacteria among illegally traded wild birds in rio de janeiro.	the illegal wildlife trade may increase the risk of infectious disease transmission, and it may not only cause disease outbreaks in humans but also threaten livestock, native wild populations, and ecosystems' health. bird species may act as carriers in the transmission of enteric pathogens. however, epidemiological studies on zoonotic bacteria in wild birds are rare in brazil. from march 2011 to march 2012, we investigated the frequency of enterobacteriaceae in cloacal swab samples from 109 bird ...	2016	27528081
characteristics of salmonella spp. isolated from wild birds confiscated in illegal trade markets, rio de janeiro, brazil.	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 enrof ...	2016	26881216