Colonization of campylobacter spp. in broiler chickens and laying hens reared in tropical climates with low-biosecurity housing

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 393-395

  Kalupahana, R S ^a   Kottawatta, K S A ^a   Kanankege, K S T ^a   Van Bergen, M A P ^c,d   Abeynayake, P ^a   Wagenaar, J A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d WHO Collaborating Centre for Campylobacter   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-SECURITY; BROILER CHICKENS; BROILER FLOCKS; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CAMPYLOBACTERS; COMMERCIAL FARMS; TROPICAL CLIMATES;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; BIOSAFETY; COLONIZATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; POULTRY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TIME; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; CHICKENS; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANIMALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84871857788     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02269-12     Document Type: Article

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