Influence of season and geography on Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli subtypes in housed broiler flocks reared in Great Britain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3741-3748

  Jorgensen, F ^a   Ellis Iversen, J ^b,g   Rushton, S ^c   Bull, S A ^a,e   Harris, S A ^a   Bryan, S J ^a   Gonzalez, A ^a,f   Humphrey, T J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^g Food and Rural Affairs   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROILER FLOCKS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CLIMATIC FACTORS; CLONAL COMPLEX; GREAT BRITAIN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUNSHINE HOUR;

LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POULTRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CECUM; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CECUM; CHICKENS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; SEASONS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 79958284936     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02444-10     Document Type: Article

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