Seasonal prevalence of thermophilic Campylobacter infections in dairy cattle and a study of infection of sheep

Authors: Marshall RB, Meanger JD
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 37, Issue 1, pp 18-20, Mar 1989
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Cattle, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Subject Terms: Bacterial, Biosecurity, Zoonosis, Infectious disease, DNA/RNA, Diagnostic procedures, Disease surveillance, Environment, Reproduction, Public health, Disease/defect, Seasonality/photoperiod
Article class: Scientific Article

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Abstract: A total of 273 rectal swabs from dairy cows were cultured for Campylobacterjejuni/coli. The isolation rate was 17/72 (24%), 33/106 (31%) and 11/95 (12%) during summer, autumn and winter respectively. Approximately half of the isolates were C. jejuni and the other half C. coli. The isolates recovered from dairy cows were typed by bacterial restriction endonuclease DNA analysis (BRENDA) and compared with those of sheep. Seventeen different BRENDA patterns were produced by the isolates from dairy cows and six from 27 isolates of sheep. Of these 21 different BRENDA patterns only two were common to sheep and cattle.

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