Ten genotypically distinct strains of Campylobacter coli were isolated from a swine production facility. These porcine isolates were then orally inoculated into day-of-hatch leghorn chicks and were excellent colonizers of the chick cecum. Campylobacter coli recovered from inoculated chickens were genotypically identical to the challenge strain. The absence of host specificity suggests a possible movement of strains among swine, field animals and birds, and poultry houses.
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1 April 2002
Cecal Colonization of Chicks by Porcine Strains of Campylobacter coli
Richard L. Ziprin,
Michael E. Hume,
Colin R. Young,
Roger B. Harvey
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Avian Diseases
Vol. 46 • No. 2
April 2002
Vol. 46 • No. 2
April 2002
Campylobacter coli
chickens
enteric pathogens
swine