Prevalence of thermotolerant Campylobacter in pheasants (Phasianus colchicus).
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.
Dipineto
Ludovico
L
Dipartimento di Patologia e Sanità Animale, Facoltà di Medicina Veterinaria, Università di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy. ludovico.dipineto@unina.it
Gargiulo
Antonio
A
De Luca Bossa
Luigi M
LM
Rinaldi
Laura
L
Borrelli
Luca
L
Menna
Lucia F
LF
Fioretti
Alessandro
A
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