Influence of season and geography on Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli subtypes in housed broiler flocks reared in Great Britain
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Geographical and seasonal variation in the incidence and prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli in housed broiler flocks reared in Great Britain in 2004 to 2006 was investigated in this study. Ceca (30) from 797 flocks, not subject to prior partial depopulation and reared on 211 farms, were examined individually for the presence of Campylobacter spp. The best-fitting climatic factors explained approximately 46% of the prevalence of Campylobacter-colonized flocks at slaughter and consisted of a combination of temperature at slaughter, number of sunshine hours in placement month, and millimeters of rainfall in placement month. Positive flocks were more likely to be slaughtered between June and November than during the rest of the year and to be reared in northern Great Britain than in central or southern Great Britain. C. jejuni was identified in approximately 90% of flocks, and C. coli was present in 10% of flocks. The most common clonal complexes identified in 226 isolates typed by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) were ST-45, ST-21, ST-574, ST-443, and ST-828. Flocks slaughtered at the same time were more likely to have similar complexes, and ST-45 had a seasonal pattern, with the highest prevalence in June, and was also more likely to be present in flocks reared in northern Great Britain.
Date Issued
2011-06
Date Acceptance
2011-03-22
Citation
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2011, 77 (11), pp.3741-3748
ISSN
0099-2240
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Start Page
3741
End Page
3748
Journal / Book Title
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume
77
Issue
11
Copyright Statement
© 2011 American Society for Microbiology.
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Subjects
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
CHICKEN FLOCKS
COLONIZATION
IDENTIFICATION
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Microbiology
POULTRY
PREVALENCE
RAW
RISK-FACTORS
SALMONELLA
Science & Technology
SEQUENCE TYPING SYSTEM
SPP. CONTAMINATION
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2011-05-23