Nasotracheal Microbiota of Nestlings of Parent White storks with Different Foraging Habits in Spain

• DOI: 10.1007/s10393-023-01626-x
• Publication Date: 2023-04-15T08:02:07Z
• Authors: Idris Nasir Abdul...; Guillermo Juárez-...; Úrsula Höfle; Teresa Cardona-Ca...; David Mínguez; Javier Pineda-Pam...; Carmen Lozano; Myriam Zarazaga; Carmen Torres
• Keywords: Animal ecology

Migratory storks could be vectors of transmission bacteria public health concern mediated by the colonization, persistence and excretion such bacteria. This study aims to determine genera/species diversity, prevalence, co-colonization indices obtained from tracheal (T) nasal (N) samples in relation exposure point sources through foraging. One-hundred thirty-six 87 nestlings colonies parent white with different foraging habits (natural habitat landfills) were (84 T-samples 52 N-samples) processed. Morphologically distinct (up 12/sample) randomly selected identified MALDI-TOF-MS. About 87.2% total 806 isolates recovered identified: 398 (56.6%) 305 N-samples (43.4%). Among isolates, 17 genera 46 species Gram-positive Gram-negative detected, Staphylococcus (58.0%) Enterococcus (20.5%) being most prevalent genera. S. sciuri was T (36.7%) N (34.4%) cavities followed E. faecalis (11.1% each N), aureus [T (6.5%), (13.4%)]. Of N-samples, faecium significantly associated landfills (p = 0.018). 0.0034) M. caseolyticus 0.032) higher among natural habitats. More than 80% bacterial showed 1-10% one another, but few had ≥ 40% indices. frequent stork nestlings. Moreover, they highly colonized other diverse potentially pathogenic Thus, sentinels vehicles across "One Health" ecosystems.