Table 1: Cloacal swab samples from free-ranging parrot nestlings tested for select Escherichia coli virulence factors. Surveyed species and the number of positive samples for each tested gene/association by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) are shown.
SpeciesNumber of positive samples/total number of sampleseaebfpsfapapissiuctshHlyAcnf1
Amazona aestiva7/21−−−−+−−−−
Amazona aestiva1/21−−+−+−−−−
Amazona aestiva1/21−−−−+−+−−
Amazona aestiva1/21−−−−++−−−
Amazona aestiva1/21−−+−+−−−+
Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus3/10−−−−+−−−−
Anodorhynchus leari1/13+−−−−−−−−