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Wild birds play a great role in disseminating manypathogenic bacterial agents in different geographic areas as a resultof their migration behavior from area to another. Thereby, this studywas carried out to study the role of some species of wild birds(quails, doves, sparrows and cattle egrets) in transmitting somezoonotic bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella spp. directly orindirectly to man. The following points were investigated:1- Occurrence of some zoonotic bacteria within the familyEnterobacteriacae in wild birds:A total of 400 cloacal swabs of different wild birds spp.including quails, doves, sparrows and cattle egrets (100samples, each) were collected from different villages inHehia city, Sharkia province, Egypt during the periodextending from January to December, 2012.The overall prevalence rates of Escherichia coli, Salmonellaspp., Ent. aerogens, Ent. hafnia, Ent. agglomerans, Ent.c/oacae, Cif. freundii, Cif. diversus, Kl. pneumoniae, Kt.ozaenae, and Proteus spp.in the examined wild birds were 48,10.75, 10.75,4.25,2.25, 8.75, 7.75, 6.25, 6, 7.25 and 23.75%,respecti vel y.Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Ent. aerogens, Ent. hafnia,Ent. agglomerans, Ent. c/oacae, Cit. freundii, Cit. diversus,Kt. pneumoniae, Kt. ozaenae, and Proteus spp. were detectedin 100 cloacal swabs of quails with percentages of 47, 9, 12,4,2, 8, 3, 3, 7, 3 and 36, respectively.
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