title: Detection of thermotolerant Campylobacter in ostriches (Struthio camelus) in Italy.
abstract: During the period January 2004 to December 2005 four different ostrich farms were investigated to evaluate the presence of thermotolerant Campylobacter. A total of 150 ostriches were examined and all were found to be clinically healthy. Campylobacter spp. were isolated from 60/150 cloacal swabs. Among the isolates, 48 were identified as Campylobacter jejuni whereas the remainder were identified as Campylobacter coli. Campylobacter lari was not isolated. The ostriches, although apparently in a healthy body condition, can be considered, theoretically, as potential Campylobacter carriers.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Patologia e Sanità Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Napoli Federico II, via Delpino, 1, 80137 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cuomo
authors.forename: Ludovico
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dipineto
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santaniello
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matteoli
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sarli
authors.forename: Domenico Della
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Vecchia
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fioretti
authors.forename: Lucia Francesca
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Menna
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017000:Campylobacter coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification; D044863:Campylobacter lari / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002988:Cloaca / Q000382:microbiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D013045:Species Specificity; D020310:Struthioniformes / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial