title: Biotypes and serotypes of thermophilic campylobacters isolated from cattle, sheep and pig offal and other red meats.
abstract: In this study we examined 730 faecal samples of offal (mainly liver), mince-meat and sausage meat collected from abattoirs and retail butchers' shops for campylobacters. Campylobacter jejuni or C. coli were isolated from 30.6, 10.5 and 6% of sheep, cattle and pig offal samples respectively. Specimens collected from abattoirs were, in general, more often contaminated than material obtained from retail butchers' shops. Only 1.4% of minced meats and sausage meats contained campylobacters. Most isolates (89.5%) were C. jejuni biotype 1 (Skirrow & Benjamin, 1980) of serotypes 1 and 2 (Penner & Hennessy, 1980). This study shows that animal offal is frequently contaminated with C. jejuni of biotypes and serotypes commonly isolated from human beings with campylobacter enteritis.
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008460:Meat; D008461:Meat Products; D012703:Serotyping; D012756:Sheep; D013552:Swine