A systematic review of the microbial community in taiassuids: a One Health approach

• Published in: Brazilian journal of microbiology Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 2485 - 2496
• Main Authors: de Morais Nobre, Márcio Leonardo, Santos, Leidiane Sousa, de Carvalho Sousa, Bianca, Campos, Marina Alicea Santana, Schwarz, David Germano Gonçalves, Pinheiro, Raizza Eveline Escórcio, Catenacci, Lilian Silva, dos Santos Soares, Maria José
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01-09-2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal species; Animals; Animals, Domestic; Artiodactyla; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Commensals; Domestic animals; Food Microbiology; Humans; Leptospira; Life Sciences; Literature reviews; Medical Microbiology; Microbial Ecology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Microbiology; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Microorganisms; Mycology; One Health; Parasites; Pathogens; Population studies; Protein sources; Sympatric populations; Systematic review; Tayassu; Tropical forests; Veterinary Microbiology - Review; Viruses; Zoonotic transmission; Microbiota; Pecari tajacu; Tayassu pecari; Dicotyles tajacu; Tayassu tajacu
• ISSN: 1517-8382; 1678-4405; 1678-4405
• DOI: 10.1007/s42770-023-01046-7

Collared and white-lipped peccaries are sympatric and are distributed in most of South America and in the humid tropical forests of Mexico and Central America. Historically, these species have been used as a source of protein by traditional and/or indigenous human communities, but currently they have been used for legal consumption in different countries. Thus, there has been greater interaction between these wild species and domestic animals and humans, enabling microbial interactions between different niches. The present study presents a systematic review of the literature on the microbial community of collared peccaries and white-lipped peccaries distributed throughout the world, focusing on experimental studies related to the detection of microorganisms as well as the prevalence of the animal species and its characterization of the studied population, in situ or ex situ. Seventy-two studies were selected, mainly in South American countries, related to different species of microorganisms isolated or serologically detected (viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites), either as microbiota, pathogens or commensals, many of which are of zoonotic interest, such as
Leptospira
,
Toxoplasma
,
Brucella
, among others. Therefore, these wild mammals are characterized as sentinel agents of anthropic action and require the implementation of studies in relation to their contribution to the spread of microorganisms, being a potential source of amplification and transmission of pathogens.