Isolation of thermophilic Campylobacter species from Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix) in Vom, Nigeria

Abstract

CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS is an important foodborne zoonosis primarily associated with the consumption of undercooked poultry and poultry products (Mazick and others 2006). Other risk factors for human infection include the consumption of raw and unpasteurised milk or untreated water, handling and cooking contaminated food, having contact with infected food-producing animals and pets (Altekruse and others 1999, Gilpin and others 2008, Acke and others 2009), and swimming in natural bodies of water (Schonberg-Norio and others 2004). Campylobacter species have emerged as the most common cause of bacterial foodborne gastroenteritis in industrialised and developed countries, with the number of cases of campylobacteriosis often exceeding the number of cases of salmonellosis and shigellosis (Altekruse and others 1999, WHO 2001). Thermophilic Campylobacter species, namely Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter lari, are the most common causes of the disease, with C jejuni accounting for over 80 per cent of cases in human beings in the UK (Gillespie and others 2002). A wide variety of avian species, including domestic and wild birds, harbour Campylobacter species and are important in the epidemiology of human campylobacteriosis (Oyarzabal and others 1995, Atanassova and Ring 1999). In Nigeria, few studies have been

Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter spp. in animals in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

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“…The isolation of Campylobacter in poultry, camels, dogs, cats and quails was an indication that the presence of these animals was reservoir for human infection (Akwuobu et al, 2010;Karikari et al, 2017b;Karshima and Bobbo, 2016;Ngulukun et al, 2010;Ogbor et al, 2019;Salihu et al, 2010;Salihu, et al, 2009b).…”

Prevalence of enteropathogenic bacteria in common quail (Coturnix coturnix)

“…Comparative data on the prevalence of campylobacteriosis in common quails are limited and the majority refers to Japanese quails. A study conducted by Ngulukun et al (2010) in Nigeria isolated Campylobacter spp., with a predominance of C. jejuni, from 42/135 (31.1%) Japanese quail caecal samples. A similar study performed by Vashin & Stoyanchev (2005) in Bulgaria isolated Campylobacter spp.…”

“…The majority of studies, indeed, regard Japanese quail (C. japonica) as a "sister" species to the common quail, which is mainly distributed across eastern Asia (Yee et al, 2009;Ngulukun et al, 2010). In order to address this lack of information, the present study was undertaken with the aim to evaluate the prevalence of the most common zoonotic enteropathogenic bacteria (i.e.…”

Multilocus sequence typing of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates from poultry, cattle and humans in Nigeria

“…; Ngulukun et al . ). Similarly, genotypic information from developing countries is lacking, thus the data from Nigeria were collected as an example to improve our understanding of the epidemiology and genetic characteristics of this pathogen.…”