THE PARTICIPATION OF WILD MIGRATORY BIRDS IN THE SPREAD OF RIEMERELLOSIS AND THE MICROBIAL BIOCENOSIS OF THE WILD DUCKS

Abstract

The results of microbiological screening of various organs and tissues obtained from wild migratory birds (ducks) in order to detect the presence of Riemerella anatipestifer, as well as study the total microbial biocenosis, are presented in the work. During the research, 90 species of cultivated bacteria were identified as part of the biocenosis of the studied birds. This diversity was established due to the use of routine bacteriological methods and time-of-flight mass spectrometry - MALDI-ToF for the species identification of bacteria. The results obtained in the course of this work indicate that the migratory bird is the carrier and possible reservoir of the causative agent of riemerellosis - Riemerella anatipestifer.

Keywords

• Infectious pathologies
• migratory birds
• microbiological risks
• riemerellosis
• pasteurellosis
• Riemerella anatipestifer