Occurrence of pathogenic bacteria in small mammals - inhabiting poultry farms of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Pakistan

This study was designed to determine the prevalence of pathogenic bacterial species in black rat (Rattus rattus), house mouse (Mus musculus) and mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) residing at poultry farms in Rawalpindi/ Islamabad. For this purpose sixty seven specimens (black rat 46; house mouse 16; mo...

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Published inPakistan journal of zoology Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 1185 - 1187
Main Authors Mehmood, A. (Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi (Pakistan). Dept. of Wildlife Management), Ansari, M.S. (Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi (Pakistan). Dept. of Zoology), Akhter, S. (Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi (Pakistan). Dept. of Zoology), Khan, A.A. (Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi (Pakistan). Dept. of Wildlife Management), Hussain, I. (Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture Univ., Rawalpindi (Pakistan). Dept. of Wildlife Management), Shams-ul-Hassan (Poultry Research Inst., Rawalpindi (Pakistan)), Qureshi, T.Z. (University of Gujrat (Pakistan). Nawaz Sharif Medical Coll.), Rakha, B.A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lahore Knowledge Bylanes 31.08.2012
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Subjects
Bacteria, Pathogenic
Distribution
ESCHERICHIA COLI
Health aspects
KLEBSIELLA
MICE
MONGOOSES
NOXIOUS MAMMALS
PAKISTAN
PATHOGENS
POULTRY HOUSING
PROTEUS
RATS
SALMONELLA
Pakistan
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Summary:This study was designed to determine the prevalence of pathogenic bacterial species in black rat (Rattus rattus), house mouse (Mus musculus) and mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) residing at poultry farms in Rawalpindi/ Islamabad. For this purpose sixty seven specimens (black rat 46; house mouse 16; mongoose 5) were captured to check the presence of bacterial species in faecal matter, urine and blood of these species. The faecal matter of black rat was found to be contaminated with Escherchia coli (89.13%; 41), Salmonella spp. (58.69; 27), Proteus spp. (32.6%; 15), Salmonella spp. (30.4%; 14) was also isolated from urine samples of black rat. Similarly the faecal matter of house mouse was contaminated with E. coli (37.5%; 6), Salmonella spp. (25%; 4), and Proteus spp. (18.75%, 3). Mongoose urine was contaminated with Klebsiella spp. (20%; 1). However the blood samples of all the species captured from the poultry farms were found negative for Salmonella spp., E. coli, Klebsiella spp. and Proteus spp. In conclusion, black rat, house mouse and mongoose are the main reservoirs for the bacterial species at poultry farms of Rawalpindi/Islamabad.
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CATPAK-82295
ISSN:0030-9923