Colonization of chicken flocks by Campylobacter jejuni in multiple farms in Japan

Poultry Science

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 375-381

  Yano, S ^a,b   Kira, T ^a   Morishita, Y ^a   Ishihara, K ^c,g   Asai, T ^c   Iwata, T ^d   Akiba, M ^d,e   Murase, T ^b,f  

^a Kyoto Prefectural Chutan Livestock Hygiene Center   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY ASSAY LABORATORY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^f TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Chicken; Farm; FlaA; Multilocus sequence typing

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84872279146     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2012-02710     Document Type: Article

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