Survival of Campylobacter spp. in darkling beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) and their larvae in Australia.
Campylobacter infection is the most frequently reported notifiable food-borne disease in humans in Australia. Our studies investigated the persistence of Campylobacter spp. in or on darkling beetles (Alphitobius diaperinus) and their larvae. Our results in analyses with chickens confirm that, unless very short turnaround times are used (<72 h), beetles colonized in one production cycle (i.e., one batch of chickens) are most unlikely to still be colonized during the next cycle of chickens.
Templeton
Jillian M
JM
Animal Research Institute, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (Queensland), Locked Mail Bag No. 4, Moorooka, Queensland 4105, Australia. jillian.templeton@dpi.qld.gov.au
De Jong
Amanda J
AJ
Blackall
P J
PJ
Miflin
Jeanette K
JK
D000818:Animals; D001315:Australia; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*; D002645:Chickens; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000254:growth & development / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D007814:Larva / Q000254:growth & development; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity