the prevalence and genetic diversity of Campylobacter spp. in domestic 'Backyard' poultry in Canterbury, New zealand

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-60

  Anderson, J ^a   Horn, B J ^b   Gilpin, B J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Domestic chicken; Free range; Genotyping; PFGE

Indexed keywords

ENZYME;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; CONTAMINATION; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERD; HUMAN; MEAT; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 80855160414     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01418.x     Document Type: Article

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