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Horizontal transmission of Campylobacter jejuni amongst broiler chicks: experimental studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

S. Shanker ,
A. Lee  and
T. C. Sorrell
S. Shanker
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Unit, Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
A. Lee
Affiliation:
School of Microbiology, University of New South Wales, P. O. Box 1, Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia
T. C. Sorrell
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, ICPMR Westmead Hospital and University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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Horizontal transmission of Campylobacter jejuni was investigated in campylobactor–free broiler chicks. One hundred and twenty chicks housed individually, were provided with water containing 102−109 c.f.u./ml C. jejuni. Colonization was rapid [47 of 73 (64 %) positive cloacal cultures within 3 days and 65 of 73 (89 %) within 7 days], depenedent on C. jejuni–contaminated water or colonized seeder chicks. Transmission occurred in 2–7 days concurrent with a gradual increase of C. jejuni in litter, water and feed. Environmental samples were culture–negative within 3 days following removal of colonized chicks. Treatment of 1–day–old chicks with adult caecal microbiota did not affect colonization. Treated and control chicks were all C. jejuni–positive within 3 days of seeder challenge.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 104 , Issue 1 , February 1990 , pp. 101 - 110
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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