Article
Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of Campylobacter jejuni in ruminants.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Nov 2011
Grove-White D H, Leatherbarrow A J H, Cripps P J, Diggle P J, French N P
Abstract excerpt
Multi-locus sequence typing was performed on 1003 Campylobacter jejuni isolates collected in a 2-year longitudinal study of 15 dairy farms and four sheep farms in Lancashire, UK. There was considerable farm-level variation in occurrence and prevalence of clonal complexes (CC). Clonal complexes ST61, ST21, ST403 and ST45 were most prevalent in cattle while in sheep CC ST42, ST21, ST48 and ST52 were most prevalent....
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.