The Prevalence of Campylobacter amongst a Free-Range Broiler Breeder Flock Was Primarily Affected by Flock Age

FM Colles, ND McCarthy, R Layton, MCJ Maiden - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Campylobacter successfully colonizes broiler chickens, but little is known about the longer
term natural history of colonization, since most flocks are slaughtered at an immature age. In …

Environmental factors associated with Campylobacter jejuni colonization of poultry

SM Shane - … Control of Human Bacterial Enteropathologens in …, 1991 - books.google.com
Commercial broiler and turkey products are recognized as a significant source of
Campylobacterjejuni enterocolitis in humans. Prevalence studies have confirmed a high rate …

Signature-Tagged Transposon Mutagenesis Studies Demonstrate the Dynamic Nature of Cecal Colonization of 2-Week-Old Chickens by Campylobacter jejuni

AJ Grant, C Coward, MA Jones… - Applied and …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
We have constructed plasmids to be used for in vitro signature-tagged mutagenesis (STM) of
Campylobacter jejuni and used these to generate STM libraries in three different strains …

Investigating the Association Between the Caecal Microbiomes of Broilers and Campylobacter Burden

I Sakaridis, RJ Ellis, SA Cawthraw… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
One of the major transmission routes for the foodborne bacterial pathogen Campylobacter is
undercooked poultry meat, contaminated from intestinal contents during processing. In …

Flock Health Indicators and Campylobacter spp. in Commercial Housed Broilers Reared in Great Britain

SA Bull, A Thomas, T Humphrey… - Applied and …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
This study investigated the relationship between flock health and Campylobacter infection of
housed commercial broilers in Great Britain. Thirty ceca were collected at slaughter from …

Strategies to reduce Campylobacter colonisation in chickens

M Saxena, B John, M Mu, TTH Van, A Taki… - Procedia in …, 2013 - Elsevier
Campylobacter jejuni is a gram negative bacterium which is one of the leading causes of
bacterial related acute entritis in the developing world. C. jejuni is also linked to auto …

Campylobacter jejuni in Poultry: Pathogenesis and Control Strategies

WG Al Hakeem, S Fathima, R Shanmugasundaram… - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
C. jejuni is the leading cause of human foodborne illness associated with poultry, beef, and
pork consumption. C. jejuni is highly prevalent in commercial poultry farms, where horizontal …

Host genes affect intestinal colonisation of newly hatched chickens by Campylobacter jejuni

Y Boyd, EG Herbert, KL Marston, MA Jones, PA Barrow - Immunogenetics, 2005 - Springer
Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of food-borne gastro-enteritis and infection can
be followed by severe clinical complications, such as the autoimmune neuropathy Guillain …

Competitive Exclusion of HeterologousCampylobacter spp. in Chicks

HC Chen, NJ Stern - Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2001 - Am Soc Microbiol
Chicken and human isolates of Campylobacter jejuni were used to provide oral challenge of
day-old broiler chicks. The isolation ratio of the competing challenge strains was monitored …

Reduced spread of Campylobacter jejuni in broiler chickens by stimulating the bird's natural barriers

B Moen, K Rudi, B Svihus… - Journal of Applied …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aim We have tested the effect of feed structure and feeding regime to prevent the spread of
the zoonotic pathogen Campylobacter jejuni in broiler chicken flocks. Methods and Results …