Serum agglutinin titers against somatic and flagellar antigens of Campylobacter jejuni and isolation of Campylobacter spp in chickens.
From June 1983 to June 1984, two hundred twenty-five 3- to 30-month-old chickens (hens) on 10 different farms were examined for Campylobacter spp. Watering trays and fly vectors also were examined for Campylobacter spp on 6 of the 10 farms. Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from fecal specimens from 64 hens (28.4%), C coli was isolated from 6 hens (2.7%), and C laridis was isolated from 9 hens (4%). The isolation rate of C jejuni was 6.7% to 46.7% for 9 of the 10 farms. On 2 farms, agglutinin titers greater than or equal to 1:40 against somatic and flagellar antigen of C jejuni were detected in hens from which the bacteria were isolated. Hens having titers greater than or equal to 1:40 against C jejuni or hens from which C jejuni had been isolated often occupied adjacent pens. Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from a watering tray on 1 farm and from fly vectors on 2 farms.
D000373:Agglutinins / Q000032:analysis*; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005407:Flagella / Q000276:immunology
D000373:Agglutinins; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial