title: A comparison of two culture media for the recovery of thermophilic campylobacters in broiler farm samples.
abstract: A study to evaluate the performance of two different brands of media (Oxoid, Basingstoke, UK, and Mast Diagnostics, Merseyside, UK) for the isolation of thermophilic campylobacters from a range of broiler farm samples was undertaken. Oxoid media performed significantly better than the Mast formulations with overall Campylobacter recovery rates of 46% and 30.5%, respectively, observed from 213 samples tested (p< or =0.05). Consistently higher recoveries of campylobacters were observed from all samples when the results using both types of media were combined.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Public Health and Food Safety Laboratory, Department of Large Animal Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland. paul.whyte@ucd.ie
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Whyte
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mc Gill
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cowley
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Doolan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Leary
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Casey
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003470:Culture Media; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media