Comparison of Cape Town and Skirrow's Campylobacter isolation protocols in humans and broilers in Morogoro, Tanzania

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1007-1013

  Jacob, Petro ^a   Mdegela, Robinson H ^b   Nonga, Hezron Emmanuel ^b  

^a Mvomero District Council   (Tanzania)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Broilers; Campylobacter; Cape Town protocol; Humans; Isolation; Prevalence; Skirrow's protocol

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CECUM; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CECUM; CHICKENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI;

EID: 79955685528     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-011-9799-z     Document Type: Article

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