Darkling beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) and their larvae as potential vectors for the transfer of Campylobacter jejuni and Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi B Variant Java between successive broiler flocks

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 6887-6891

  Hazeleger, Wilma C ^a   Bolder, Nico M ^a   Beumer, Rijkelt R ^a   Jacobs Reitsma, Wilma F ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CONCURRENCY CONTROL; FEEDING;

BROILER FLOCKS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONSECUTIVE CYCLES; CONTROL PROGRAMS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROVAR; TIME INTERVALS;

CONTAMINATION;

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; FLUMEQUINE; GENTAMICIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; SPECTINOMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

BACTERIUM; BEETLE; COLONIZATION; DISEASE VECTOR; FEEDING; LARVA; PATHOGEN; POULTRY; REARING;

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEETLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISEASE CARRIER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INSECT; LARVA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BEETLES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; LARVA; PARATYPHOID FEVER; POULTRY DISEASES; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI B;

ALPHITOBIUS DIAPERINUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 55949131851     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00451-08     Document Type: Article

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