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Influence of season and geography on Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli subtypes in housed broiler flocks reared in Great Britain.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2011
Jorgensen F, Ellis-Iversen J, Rushton S, Bull S A, Harris S A, Bryan S J, Gonzalez A, Humphrey T J
Abstract excerpt
Geographical and seasonal variation in the incidence and prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli in housed broiler flocks reared in Great Britain in 2004 to 2006 was investigated in this study. Ceca (30) from 797 flocks, not subject to prior partial depopulation and reared on 211 farms, were examined individually for the presence of Campylobacter spp. The best-fitting climatic factors explained...
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