title: Isolation of Campylobacter jejuni from poultry carcases.
abstract: Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from 94% of chicken carcase rinses collected in a Queensland poultry abattoir. Direct plating resulted in the isolation of the organism from 84% of the rinses. A further 10% were found to contain C. jejuni by a procedure of selective enrichment and membrane filtration. Counts of C. jejuni on the carcases ranged from 0 to 1.1 x 10(5) organisms per carcase.
mesh_terms: D000003:Abattoirs; D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D005506:Food Contamination
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media