Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in a subset of intensive poultry flocks in Ireland

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-310

  Patriarchi, A ^a,b   Maunsell, B ^a   O'Mahony, E ^b,c   Fox, A ^a   Fanning, S ^b   Buckley, J ^c   Bolton, D J ^a  

^a ASHTOWN FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Forward Planning and Strategic Development   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Campylobacter spp.; Environment; Poultry; Recovery

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; BIOCHEMICAL TESTS; BIOSECURITY; CAMPYLOBACTER SPECIES; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP.; CAMPYLOBACTERS; DIRECT PLATING; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; IRELAND; MULTIPLEX PCR; POULTRY; POULTRY FARMS; POULTRY HOUSE; WATER SAMPLES;

HOUSES;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FECES; POULTRY;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIRECT PLATING; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FECES; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; RECOVERY METHOD; WATER SAMPLING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 68849123322     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02658.x     Document Type: Article

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