Occurrence of campylobacters in small domestic and laboratory animals

Faeces samples from 156 healthy domestic pets and laboratory animals were examined for campylobacters with both a selective medium (Campylobacter Blood Free Medium; Oxoid, CM739) and selective filtration through a 0.65 micron pore size filter. Campylobacter spp. were isolated from 78 of the samples;...

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Published inJournal of applied bacteriology Vol. 75; no. 1; p. 49
Main Authors Moreno, G S, Griffiths, P L, Connerton, I F, Park, R W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.07.1993
Subjects
Animals
Animals, Domestic - microbiology
Animals, Laboratory - microbiology
Campylobacter - classification
Campylobacter - genetics
Campylobacter - isolation & purification
Cats
Cricetinae
DNA, Bacterial - analysis
Dogs
Feces - microbiology
Filtration - methods
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Rats
Sensitivity and Specificity
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Summary:Faeces samples from 156 healthy domestic pets and laboratory animals were examined for campylobacters with both a selective medium (Campylobacter Blood Free Medium; Oxoid, CM739) and selective filtration through a 0.65 micron pore size filter. Campylobacter spp. were isolated from 78 of the samples; filtration was the most effective method. Isolates were characterized by biochemical tests and DNA/DNA hybridization with whole chromosomal DNA from reference strains as probes. Campylobacter upsaliensis was the most common species isolated from cats (45 from 68 samples) whilst Camp. jejuni was more often isolated from dogs (19 from 56 samples). More attention should be paid to pets as a potential source of campylobacters capable of causing diarrhoea in human beings. Procedures other than those involving currently-used selective agents must be employed to efficiently detect all campylobacters.
ISSN:0021-8847
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2672.1993.tb03406.x