Original scientific paper

Bacterial and fungal flora in faecal samples from rooks (Corvus frugilegus) in the City of Zagreb, Croatia

Ksenija Vlahović orcid.org/0000-0001-7521-4538 ; Department of Biology, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Estella Prukner-Radovčić ; Department of Poultry Diseases with Clinic, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Danijela Horvatek ; Department of Poultry Diseases with Clinic, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Marina Pavlak ; Department of Veterinary Economics and Analytical Epidemiology, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Gomerčić ; Department of Biology, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Zdravka Rumiha ; Department of Biology, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
Alenka Dovč ; Institute of Poultry Diseases, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine the occurrence of bacteria and fungi in populations of urban rooks. We investigated the prevalence of bacteria and fungi in the faeces of rooks (Corvus frugilegus) in the City of Zagreb, during their breeding period in 2006. Microbiological examination of fresh faecal samples revealed the occurrence of Escherichia coli, Bacillus spp., Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus spp., Agrobacterium radiobacter, and Acinetobacter spp. One rook was positive for Campylobacter jejuni, as confi rmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The fungal species Mucor spp., Cladosporium spp., Rhodotorula rubra, Aspergillus (A.) fumigatus and A. flavus, Alternaria sp., Candida spp., and Penicillium spp. were also isolated.

Keywords

rook; Corvus frugilegus; bacteria; fungi

Hrčak ID:

55679

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/55679

Publication date:

8.3.2010.

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