[Isolation of Campylobacter spp. from calves in Bulgaria]

Studied were a total of 58 samples, containing intestinal content of calves that had died of enteritis as well as fecal samples and samples from clinically normal calves. Campylobacter spp. were isolated in 8.8 per cent of the cases. The isolated 5 strains was determined as Campylobacter fetus subsp. intestinalis. This is the first communication on the isolation of Campylobacter spp. in this country.