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Rivista trimestrale di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria edita dall'Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise ‘G. Caporale’

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2014 - Volume 50 (4), October-December
   
 
Short communication
Antonietta Di Francesco, Mauro Delogu, Federica Giacometti, Laura Stancampiano, Ester Grilli, Ilaria Guarniero & Andrea Serraino		  
First detection of Arcobacter sp. in Eurasian collared doves (Streptopelia decaocto) 313-315
doi: 10.12834/VetIt.75.2520.1
 
Summary
Data about the presence of Arcobacter in wild birds are currently lacking. In this study cloacal swabs from 95 collared doves (Streptopelia decaocto), submitted to the Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences (Bologna, Italy) between 2011 and 2013 from various urban and suburban areas of the Emilia-Romagna region (Northern Italy), were tested for the presence of Arcobacter sp. by a rRNA 23S nested Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Eighteen out of 95 (19%) samples showed the expected PCR product. Further cultural and molecular studies are needed to assess the Arcobacter prevalence in wild birds and elucidate their potential epidemiological role as source of animal and human infections.

Keywords
Arcobacter, Collared dove, Italy, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Streptopelia decaocto.


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