Evidence for cross transmission of pathogens between wild hooded cranes and domestic geese
Driven by habitat loss from anthropogenic activities, wintering migratory birds forage together with poultry in paddy fields, and thus impose risks of cross transmitting pathogens. To date, there is little evidence for such risks of pathogen transmission between wild birds and poultry. Using the hig...
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| author | Xingjia Xiang Yuannuo Wu Feng Zhang Yanyun Kuang Chunlin Li Ruibo Sun Cang Hui |
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| description | Driven by habitat loss from anthropogenic activities, wintering migratory birds forage together with poultry in paddy fields, and thus impose risks of cross transmitting pathogens. To date, there is little evidence for such risks of pathogen transmission between wild birds and poultry. Using the high‐throughput sequencing, we report on detected potential pathogens of both wild hooded cranes Grus monacha and sympatric domestic geese Anser anser domesticus during the wintering period, and infer the possibility of cross‐species pathogen transmission. The results revealed that the number of shared amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) of potential pathogens between the gut microbiota of the two species was low during the early wintering stage (17.2%; 5 ASVs shared) but increased to 56.3% (18 ASVs shared) during the late wintering stage. That is, potential pathogens in the gut microbial communities of the two species became more similar through co‐foraging in paddy fields, supporting cross transmission of pathogens between hooded cranes and domestic geese during the wintering period. Importantly, transmission appeared to be largely from wild hooded cranes to domestic geese, although some potential pathogens may have become specialized to the domestic goose in the late wintering stage. Humans are also face the risks of contracting these potential pathogens from migratory birds through their frequent contacts with domestic poultry. It is, therefore, necessary to closely monitor this pathway of pathogen transmission from wild birds to domestic animals and even to humans. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ed23b49e785747fcb0ede58f72dc66542025-08-20T03:50:01ZengWileyJournal of Avian Biology0908-88571600-048X2023-09-0120239-10n/an/a10.1111/jav.03083Evidence for cross transmission of pathogens between wild hooded cranes and domestic geeseXingjia Xiang0Yuannuo Wu1Feng Zhang2Yanyun Kuang3Chunlin Li4Ruibo Sun5Cang Hui6School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University Hefei ChinaSchool of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University Hefei ChinaSchool of Statistics and Mathematics, Yunnan University of Finance and Economics Kunming ChinaSchool of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University Hefei ChinaSchool of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University Hefei ChinaCollege of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University Hefei ChinaDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, Centre for Invasion Biology, Stellenbosch University Matieland South AfricaDriven by habitat loss from anthropogenic activities, wintering migratory birds forage together with poultry in paddy fields, and thus impose risks of cross transmitting pathogens. To date, there is little evidence for such risks of pathogen transmission between wild birds and poultry. Using the high‐throughput sequencing, we report on detected potential pathogens of both wild hooded cranes Grus monacha and sympatric domestic geese Anser anser domesticus during the wintering period, and infer the possibility of cross‐species pathogen transmission. The results revealed that the number of shared amplicon sequence variants (ASVs) of potential pathogens between the gut microbiota of the two species was low during the early wintering stage (17.2%; 5 ASVs shared) but increased to 56.3% (18 ASVs shared) during the late wintering stage. That is, potential pathogens in the gut microbial communities of the two species became more similar through co‐foraging in paddy fields, supporting cross transmission of pathogens between hooded cranes and domestic geese during the wintering period. Importantly, transmission appeared to be largely from wild hooded cranes to domestic geese, although some potential pathogens may have become specialized to the domestic goose in the late wintering stage. Humans are also face the risks of contracting these potential pathogens from migratory birds through their frequent contacts with domestic poultry. It is, therefore, necessary to closely monitor this pathway of pathogen transmission from wild birds to domestic animals and even to humans.https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.03083cross transmissionmigratory birdnext generation sequencingpoultryzoonotic pathogen |
| spellingShingle | Xingjia Xiang Yuannuo Wu Feng Zhang Yanyun Kuang Chunlin Li Ruibo Sun Cang Hui Evidence for cross transmission of pathogens between wild hooded cranes and domestic geese Journal of Avian Biology cross transmission migratory bird next generation sequencing poultry zoonotic pathogen |
| title | Evidence for cross transmission of pathogens between wild hooded cranes and domestic geese |
| title_full | Evidence for cross transmission of pathogens between wild hooded cranes and domestic geese |
| title_fullStr | Evidence for cross transmission of pathogens between wild hooded cranes and domestic geese |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evidence for cross transmission of pathogens between wild hooded cranes and domestic geese |
| title_short | Evidence for cross transmission of pathogens between wild hooded cranes and domestic geese |
| title_sort | evidence for cross transmission of pathogens between wild hooded cranes and domestic geese |
| topic | cross transmission migratory bird next generation sequencing poultry zoonotic pathogen |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.03083 |
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