Table 1: Summary of DNA extraction and PCR amplification from gastric contents.

Sample name Sampling data Species DNA extraction PCR amplificationa
KS1P 11 Oct. 2008 Mesophoyx intermedia n.a. n.t.
KS2P 11 Oct. 2008 Ardea alba + +
KS3P 13 Oct. 2008 M. intermedia n.a. n.t.
KS4P 19 Oct. 2008 A. alba + +
KS5P 19 Oct. 2008 Nyticorax nycticorax n.a. n.t.
KS6P 19 Oct. 2008 N. nycticorax n.a. n.t.

a Bacterial 16S rRNA gene region was amplified.
n.a., not available.
n.t., not tested.
+, positive.