title: Cecal colonization of chicks by porcine strains of Campylobacter coli.
abstract: Ten genotypically distinct strains of Campylobacter coli were isolated from a swine production facility. These porcine isolates were then orally inoculated into day-of-hatch leghorn chicks and were excellent colonizers of the chick cecum. Campylobacter coli recovered from inoculated chickens were genotypically identical to the challenge strain. The absence of host specificity suggests a possible movement of strains among swine, field animals and birds, and poultry houses.
authors.affiliation: Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, College Station, TX 77845, USA.
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Ziprin
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hume
authors.forename: Colin R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Roger B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017000:Campylobacter coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D002432:Cecum / Q000382:microbiology*; D002645:Chickens; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000662:veterinary; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000382:microbiology; D005838:Genotype; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine