Table 1.
Prevalence of Enterobacteriaceae isolated from cloacal and oropharyngeal swab samples of wild red-tailed Amazon parrot (Amazona brasiliensis) nestlings in Rasa Island, Paraná, Brazil, according to the nest.
| Bacterial species | Prevalence in nestlings from artificial wooden nest |
Prevalence in nestlings from PVC nest |
Prevalence in nestlings from natural nest |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloacal samples | Oropharyngeal samples | Cloacal samples | Oropharyngeal samples | Cloacal samples | Oropharyngeal samples | |
| Escherichia coli | 72.7% (16/22) | 19.0% (4/21) | 72.7% (8/11) | 46.7% (7/15) | 100.0% (2/2) | 100.0% (2/2) |
| Escherichia fergusonii | 0 | 14.3% (3/21) | 0 | 20.0% (3/15) | 0 | 0 |
| Klebsiella oxytoca | 22.7% (5/22) | 23.8% (5/21) | 18.2% (2/11) | 20.0% (3/15) | 50.0% (1/2) | 100.0% (2/2) |
| Klebsiella pneumoniae | 9.1% (2/22) | 23.8% (5/21) | 0 | 20.0% (3/15) | 50.0% (1/2) | 0 |
| Proteus mirabilis | 13.6% (3/22) | 14.3% (3/21) | 0 | 13.3% (2/15) | 0 | 0 |
| Proteus vulgaris | 0 | 0 | 9.1% (1/11) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Citrobacter diversus (koseri) | 0 | 0 | 9.1% (1/11) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Citrobacter werkmanii | 0 | 4.8% (1/21) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Citrobacter freundii | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7% (1/15) | 0 | 0 |
| Enterobacter aerogenes | 22.7% (5/22) | 19.0% (4/21) | 9.1% (1/11) | 13.3% (2/15) | 0 | 0 |
| Enterobacter cloacae | 4.5% (1/22) | 0 | 18.2% (2/11) | 0 | 0 | 50.0% (1/2) |
| Enterobacter gergoviae | 4.5%(1/22) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enterobacter sakazakii | 4.5% (1/22) | 4.8% (1/21) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serratia liquefaciens (group) | 13.6% (3/22) | 0 | 0 | 13.3% (2/15) | 50.0% (1/2) | 0 |
| Serratia rubidaea | 0 | 4.8% (1/21) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morganella morgani | 0 | 4.8% (1/21) | 9.1% (1/11) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hafnia alvei | 0 | 4.8% (1/21) | 0 | 6.7% (1/15) | 0 | 0 |
| Staphylococcus sp.* | 0 | 9.5% (2/21) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kluyvera spp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7% (1/15) | 0 | 0 |
*
Family Staphylococcaceae.