Flies and Campylobacter infection of broiler flocks.
A total of 8.2% of flies caught outside a broiler house in Denmark had the potential to transmit Campylobacter jejuni to chickens, and hundreds of flies per day passed through the ventilation system into the broiler house. Our study suggests that flies may be an important source of Campylobacter infection of broiler flocks in summer.
Hald
Birthe
B
Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Department of Poultry, Fish, and Fur Animals, Arhus, Denmark. bha@dfvf.dk
Skovgård
Henrik
H
Bang
Dang Duong
DD
Pedersen
Karl
K
Dybdahl
Jens
J
Jespersen
Jørgen B
JB
Madsen
Morgens
M
D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D004175:Diptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D006799:Housing, Animal; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000382:microbiology*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D012621:Seasons; D014691:Ventilation