Bacterial Profiles Associated With Captive Non-Human Primates in Jos Zoo, Nigeria

Okwori, Aej

doi:10.9734/ijtdh/2014/5807

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“…In our study, we isolated pathogenic enteric bacteria, such as E. coli, Klebsiella spp ., Proteus mirabilis , and Enterobacter spp. NHPs have been reported to harbour or serve as reservoirs of enteric bacterial pathogens (Okwori et al., 2014 ; Parmar et al., 2013 ). E. coli was the most prevalent enteric pathogen followed by K. pneumoniae .…”

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“…Isolation of potentially zoonotic pathogenic bacteria in apparently healthy NHPs has been reported in West Africa (Okwori et al, 2014(Okwori et al, , 2013. The number of transmission routes, such as faecal-oral or through bites (Devaux et al, 2019) highlights the risk of the exchange of pathogenic bacteria between human and NHPs.…”

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“…(Devaux et al., 2019 ). NHPs and humans are generally susceptible to infections caused by pathogenic enteric bacteria through zoonotic and anthroponotic transmissions even though they can be asymptomatic carriers (Medkour et al., 2021 ; Okwori et al., 2014 ).…”

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“…The exchange of ARB between human and NHPs in close proximity threatens not only human health but also animal health (Albuquerque et al., 2020 ). Given the reports of apparently healthy NHPs harbouring zoonotic bacteria pathogens (Egbetade et al., 2020 ; Okwori et al., 2014 , 2013 ), it becomes important to conduct surveillance on the oral and rectal bacteria and their antimicrobial susceptibility profile of NHPs to provide information relevant to public health and NHP conservation. In this study, we therefore characterized the oral and rectal bacteria of NHPs in Ghana and determined their antimicrobial susceptibility profile.…”

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Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of oral and rectal microbiota of non‐human primate species in Ghana: A threat to human health

Adade,

Tawiah,

Roos

et al. 2023

Veterinary Medicine & Sci

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BackgroundThe potential for the transfer of zoonotic diseases, including bacteria between human and non‐human primates (NHPs), is expected to rise. It is posited that NHPs that live in close contact with humans serve as sentinels and reservoirs for antibiotic‐resistant bacteria.ObjectivesThe objective was to characterize the oral and rectal bacteria in Ghanaian NHPs and profile the antimicrobial susceptibility of the isolated bacteria.MethodsOral and rectal swabs were obtained from 40 immobilized wild and captive NHPs from 7 locations in Ghana. Standard bacteriological procedures were used in the isolation, preliminary identification, automated characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) of bacteria using the Vitek 2 Compact system.ResultsGram‐negative bacteria dominated isolates from the rectal swabs (n = 76, 85.4%), whereas Gram‐positive bacteria were more common in the oral swabs (n = 41, 82%). Staphylococcus haemolyticus (n = 7, 14%) was the most occurring bacterial species isolated from the oral swabs, whereas Escherichia coli (n = 32, 36%) dominated bacteria isolates from rectal swabs. Enterobacter spp. had the highest (39%) average phenotypic resistance to antimicrobials that were used for AST, whereas a trend of high resistance was recorded against norfloxacin, Ampicillin and Tetracycline in Gram‐negative bacteria. Similarly, among Gram‐positive bacteria, Staphylococcus spp. had the highest (25%) average phenotypic resistance to antimicrobials used for AST, and a trend of high resistance was recorded against penicillin G and oxacillin.ConclusionsThis study has established that apparently healthy NHPs that live in anthropized environments in Ghana harbour zoonotic and antimicrobial resistant bacteria.

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Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of oral and rectal microbiota of non‐human primate species in Ghana: A threat to human health

Adade,

Tawiah,

Roos

et al. 2023

Veterinary Medicine & Sci

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Prevalence of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. in Captive Niligiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii) in South India

Balaji¹,

Kumar²,

Vijayarani³

et al. 2018

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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The Niligiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii) is a threatened black faced colobine which is endemic to Western Ghats in south India. The present study is designed to study the bacterial flora of gut from this non-human primate. The captive non-human primates usually suffer from gastrointestinal disturbances which often go unnoticed but they harbor variety bacterial flora in the gut. The Enterobactericeace such as E. coli, Shigella spp. and Salmonella spp. are some of the important bacterial species of gut flora. A total of 21 animals studied, of which 56 feacal swabs were collected from 18 animals from Arignar Anna Zoological Park (AAZP), Vandalur, Chennai and 8 feacal swabs from 3 animals from Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Park (SCZP), Mysore. The 64 fresh feacal samples were screened for prevalence of E. coli and Salmonella spp. by conventional cultural method and molecular techniques. The prevalence of E. coli was found to be 100 percent (n-64) by cultural and PCR assay whereas Salmonella was isolated from 67.18% (43/64) viz., 37/56 (66%) in AAZP and 6/8 (75%) in SCZP by cultural method and PCR. The isolates were further subjected to antibiotic sensitivity test and found that isolates are sensitive to gentamicin, azithromycin and ciprofloxacin but few isolates found resistant to amoxicillin and cefotaxime. The present study concludes that E. coli is highly prevalent compared to Salmonella in gut of Niligiri Langur.

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Public Health Risk Due to Some Fecal-borne Pathogens in Zoo Animals and Zookeepers

Abdel-Late¹,

Kamel²

2019

Asian J. of Animal and Veterinary Advances

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Bacterial Profiles Associated With Captive Non-Human Primates in Jos Zoo, Nigeria

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Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of oral and rectal microbiota of non‐human primate species in Ghana: A threat to human health

Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of oral and rectal microbiota of non‐human primate species in Ghana: A threat to human health

Prevalence of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. in Captive Niligiri Langur (Trachypithecus johnii) in South India

Public Health Risk Due to Some Fecal-borne Pathogens in Zoo Animals and Zookeepers

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