The Altos de Jalisco region in west central Mexico is the location of the largest concentration of poultry farms. This district has witnessed the emergence of Low Pathogenic H5N2 and the Highly Pathogenic H7N3 Influenza viruses. Eighty counting stations along a 50 km corridor were designated in five ecological environments from water bodies to poultry production facilities. The survey, implemented from fall 2014 to winter 2015, identified 82 species of wild birds where the family Icteridae comprised the most abundant group. A network-theory model provided a value of interaction among the wild bird species in these five environments. The highest ranked species corresponded to the Mexican Great-tailed Grackle and the Barn Swallow; making those potential hosts for disease transmission of pathogens in the wild bird-poultry interface in the region of Jalisco. These interactions are likely to positively correlate with increased risk factors.
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