Comparison of Campylobacter populations in wild geese with those in starlings and free-range poultry on the same farm

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3583-3590

  Colles, F M ^a   Dingle, K E ^b,c   Cody, A J ^b   Maiden, M C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FARMS; HEALTH CARE; MIXING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PIGMENTS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SETTLING TANKS;

AMERICAN SOCIETY; BIRD SPECIES; BROILER CHICKENS; CAMPYLOBACTER; FECAL SAMPLES; GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH PROBABILITY; HOST SOURCE; HUMAN DISEASES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; UNITED KINGDOM (UK); WATER BORNE DISEASES;

HEALTH;

NUCLEOTIDE;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE; HOMINID; HOST SPECIFICITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PASSERINE; PATHOGEN; POULTRY; WATERFOWL; WILD POPULATION;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GOOSE; HEALTH CARE; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POULTRY; PROBABILITY; STARLING;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FECES; GEESE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; POULTRY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STARLINGS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS; STURNIDAE;

EID: 44949108392     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02491-07     Document Type: Article

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