Prevalence of some zoonotic bacteria in wild birds in Kirkuk city

The object of this study was to isolate some of zoonotic bacteria from different organs of native wild birds included 21 individuals of House Sparrow, 15 individuals of White- Cheeked Bulbul, 20 individuals of Collared Dove and 20 individuals of Rock Dove. Samples of liver, kidney, blood and content of middle intestine of individual birds in Kirkuk city. Results revealed that many of zoonotic bacteria included Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp., Shigella Spp., Brucella abortus and Campylobacter Spp. were isolated from all studied birds, House Sparrow had the highest isolation percentage of these bacteria and the content of middle intestine had the highest isolation percentage among other studied organs, Salmonella spp. was the highest isolation percentage among zoonotic bacterial isolates, that indicates an important and hidden role of native wild birds in causing and spreading of zoonotic diseases.