Detection of Campylobacter in duck using standard culture method and multiplex polymerase chain reaction.
In 2005, total of 140 samples of duck meat and intestine from slaughterhouses in Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand, were analyzed for Campylobacter spp. Twenty-eight samples (20%) were positive for Campylobacter spp using the standard culture method (SCM) with 21 samples of C. jejuni and the other 7 C. coli. Forty-four samples (31%) were positive using multiplex polymerase chain reaction, with 34 samples of C. jejuni and 10 of C. coli. This is the first report of Campylobacter contamination in duck in Thailand.
Boonmar
Sumalee
S
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand. fvetslb@ku.ac.th
Yingsakmongkon
Sangchai
S
Songserm
Thavesak
T
Hanhaboon
Porama
P
Passadurak
Wanida
W
D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004372:Ducks / Q000382:microbiology*; D008462:Meat-Packing Industry; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D013785:Thailand