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Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni in poultry reared under different management systems in Nigeria
J O Adekeye1, P A Abdu, E K Bawa
1Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria.
Avian Diseases
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
Cloacal swabs from 487 live birds in 36 flocks and 70 poultry carcasses were cultured for Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni. It was isolated from 12.3% of the birds in 19 flocks. Chickens, turkeys, and guinea fowl differed from one another in isolation rates of the organism. Management system affected its occurrence, and only 7.1% of eviscerated carcasses yielded it. It was concluded that bird species, management system, and immersing slaughtered poultry in boiling water before dressing affect recovery of C. fetus subsp. jejuni from live birds and carcasses.