Detection of Campylobacter jejuni in rectal swab samples from Rousettus amplexicaudatus in the Philippines

• Published in: Journal of Veterinary Medical Science Vol. 78; no. 8; pp. 1347 - 1350
• Main Authors: HATTA, Yuki, OMATSU, Tsutomu, TSUCHIAKA, Shinobu, KATAYAMA, Yukie, TANIGUCHI, Satoshi, MASANGKAY, Joseph S, PUENTESPINA, Roberto, Jr, ERES, Eduardo, COSICO, Edison, UNE, Yumi, YOSHIKAWA, Yasuhiro, MAEDA, Ken, KYUWA, Shigeru, MIZUTANI, Tetsuya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE 01.08.2016; Japan Science and Technology Agency; The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science
• Subjects: 16S rRNA; Animals; Bacteria; Bacteriology; bat; Camplyobacter; Campylobacter; Campylobacter Infections - diagnosis; Campylobacter Infections - epidemiology; Campylobacter Infections - microbiology; Campylobacter Infections - veterinary; Campylobacter jejuni; Campylobacter jejuni - genetics; Campylobacteriosis; Chiroptera; Chiroptera - microbiology; Diarrhea; Disease Reservoirs - microbiology; Genomes; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing - veterinary; Livestock; metagenome; Microbiomes; Microbiota; Next-generation sequencing; Pathogens; Philippines - epidemiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction - veterinary; Prevalence; Rectum; Rectum - microbiology; Rousettus amplexicaudatus; rRNA 16S; Spacer; Zoonoses; Philippines

Bats are the second diversity species of mammals and widely distributed in the world. They are thought to be reservoir and vectors of zoonotic pathogens. However, there is scarce report of the evidence of pathogenic bacteria kept in bats. The precise knowledge of the pathogenic bacteria in bat micro...