Prevalence and types of Campylobacter on poultry farms and in their direct environment.
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Schets, Franciska MJacobs-Reitsma, Wilma F
van der Plaats, Rozemarijn Q J
Heer, Lianne Kerkhof-De
van Hoek, Angela H A M
Hamidjaja, Raditijo A
de Roda Husman, Ana Maria
Blaak, Hetty
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Prevalence and types of Campylobacter on poultry farms and in their direct environment.Published in
J Water Health 2017; 15(6):849-62Publiekssamenvatting
To study whether broiler and layer farms contribute to the environmental Campylobacter load, environmental matrices at or close to farms, and caecal material from chickens, were examined. Similarity between Campylobacter from poultry and environment was tested based on species identification and Multilocus Sequence Typing. Campylobacter prevalence in caecal samples was 97% at layer farms (n = 5), and 93% at broiler farms with Campylobacter-positive flocks (n = 2/3). Campylobacter prevalence in environmental samples was 24% at layer farms, and 29% at broiler farms with Campylobacter-positive flocks. Campylobacter was detected in soil and surface water, not in dust and flies. Campylobacter prevalence in adjacent and remote surface waters was not significantly (P > 0.1) different. Detected species were C. coli (52%), C. jejuni (40%) and C. lari (7%) in layers, and C. jejuni (100%) in broilers. Identical sequence types (STs) were detected in caecal material and soil. A deviating species distribution in surface water adjacent to farms indicated a high background level of environmental Campylobacter. STs from layer farms were completely deviant from surface water STs. The occasional detection of identical STs in broilers, wastewater at broiler farms and surface water in the farm environment suggested a possible contribution of broiler farms to the aquatic environmental Campylobacter load.PMID
29215350ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.2166/wh.2017.119
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