Broiler chickens as potential source of Campylobacter infections in humans

Abstract

Of 46 broiler chickens from a live poultry market in New York City, 38 (83%) harbored Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni in their rectal flora. The observed mean number of C. fetus per g of feces was 4.4 x 10"3. The organisms survived in

Campylobacteriosis: A Foodborne Disease

“…CFJ has been recovered from both intestines and processed meat of chickens and turkeys (Smith and Muldoon 1974;Simmons and Gibbs 1979;Grant et al 1980;Luechtefeld and Wang 1981a). More than 80% of broiler chickens sold in a live poultry market in New York City were positive for CFJ with a n average of 4.4 X lo6 organisms per gram caecal material (Grant et al 1980). Similarly, CFJ was recovered from many flocks of chickens in two slaughterhouses in Yugoslavia.…”

“…Fecal specimens may be processed by filtration technique or seeded on selective agar media. Filtration technique (Grant et al 1980) yields a virtually pure culture of C. fetus on chocolate medium. Selective media, manufactured by at least 4 commercial companies, consists of blood agar (horse or sheep) supplemented with antibiotics.…”

Colonization properties ofCampylobacter jejuniin chickens

“…Poultry and poultry meat is considered to be one of the major sources for human campylobacteriosis [1,10,11]. Beside poultry and raw poultry meat other sources for C. jejuni have been described such as livestock, including sheep and pigs, but also cats and dogs, water, humans and vehicles, raw milk, rodents and insects are known as possible vectors [12][13][14][15][16].…”

FLUORESCENCE CONCENTRATION IMMUNOASSAY FOR RAPID DETECTION OF CAMPYLOBACTER SPP. IN CHICKEN RINSE WATER

“…and complex media requirements for isolation and recovery (Smibert 1984), the incidence of this organism in poultry is higher than previously thought (Shane 1992: Smith andMuldoon 1974;Stern 1989). Poultry species carry these bacteria as part of their normal intestinal flora (Grant et al 1980;Smibert 1969. and the intestinal content has been reported to be the primary source of Campylobacter contamination on processed chicken carcasses (Oosterom et al 1983a).…”

“…and the intestinal content has been reported to be the primary source of Campylobacter contamination on processed chicken carcasses (Oosterom et al 1983a). This contamination, in turn, acts as a major source for human Campylobacter food poisoning (Grant et al 1980). Campylobacters are present in ail stages of poultry production and persist on carcasses from the preparatory stage to refrigerated delivery and points of sale (Simmons and Gibbs 1979).…”