title: Prevalence of thermotolerant Campylobacter in pheasants (Phasianus colchicus).
abstract: The present study was undertaken with the aim to evaluate the prevalence of thermotolerant Campylobacter spp. in living pheasants in Italy. To achieve this goal, a total of 240 living pheasants, equally shared between female and male birds, were examined. Thermotolerant Campylobacter spp. was isolated in 104 out of 204 (43.3%) living pheasants analysed. Campylobacter coli (100%) and Campylobacter jejuni (13.5%) were identified by polymerase chain reaction. Adult pheasants showed a significantly higher prevalence value (P < 0.05) than younger pheasants.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Patologia e Sanità Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy. ludovico.dipineto@unina.it
authors.forename: Ludovico
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dipineto
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
authors.forename: Luigi M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: De Luca Bossa
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rinaldi
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Borrelli
authors.forename: Lucia F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Menna
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fioretti
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D046094:Galliformes / Q000382:microbiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008297:Male; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence