Colonization of chicks by non-culturable Campylobacter spp. |
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| Authors: | N. J. Stern D. M. Jones I. V. Wesley D. M. Rollins |
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| Affiliation: | Poultry Microbiological Safety Research Unit, Richard Russell Agricultural Research Centre, US Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Athens, GA, USA;Public Health Laboratory Service, Manchester, UK;USDA-ARS, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA, USA;Navy Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA |
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| Abstract: | Six suspensions of non-culturable Campylobacter spp. were administered by gavage to day-of-hatch chicks. Four non-culturable isolates of Campylobacter spp. were found to colonize low numbers (5/79) of 1-week-old chicks, while two isolates did not (0/30). The original and recovered Campylobacter spp. isolates were serotyped and examined by restriction enzyme analysis. Evidence of clonality of two Camp, jejuni isolates was demonstrated. |
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