title: Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in poultry and poultry meat in Germany.
abstract: Of 509 samples from poultry flocks, 209 isolates (41.1%) were Campylobacter positive. The number of positive cases in broiler carcasses was 45.9%. Of 52 pheasants investigated, 25.9% were Campylobacter positive. Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from 86 (42.0%) poultry flock samples, 47 (43%) broiler samples and 15 (28%) wild pheasant samples. C. coli was found at a rate of 1.2% in poultry flocks, 13% in broilers and 21% in pheasants.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary University Hannover, Centre for Food Sciences, Department of Food Hygiene and Microbiology, Germany.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Atanassova
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ring
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002645:Chickens; D005511:Food Handling; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005858:Germany; D011202:Poultry Products / Q000382:microbiology*