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Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale
Veterinaria Italiana
0505401X
18281427
2009-12-21
45
4
501
505
Isolation and prevalence of Campylobacter species in cattle from Sokoto State, Nigeria
Mohammed D. Salihu
Junaidu U. Abdulkadir
Steve I. Oboegbulem
Godwin O. Egwu
Abdullahi A. Magaji
Mohammed Lawal
Yahaya Hassan
The prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in cattle in Sokoto State, Nigeria, was determined. The number of samples collected totalled 976, of which 126 (12.9%) yielded Campylobacter spp. The species of Campylobacter isolates from this study were as follows: C. jejuni (65.1%), C. coli (23.0%), C. lari (7.9%), C. hyointestinalis (3.2%) and C. fetus (0.8%). A total of 172 strains of Campylobacter spp. were identified from the positive samples due to identification of more than a single strain (spp.) from a single sample. The strains identified were C. jejuni (62.8%), C. coli (25.0%), C. lari (8.1%), C. hyointestinalis (2.9%) and C. fetus (1.2%). More than one species of Campylobacter was identified in 36.5% of the positive samples. The biotyping in this study revealed C. jejuni biotype I (34.3%) as the most common C. jejuni biotype, while C. jejuni biotype IV (15.7%) was the C. jejuni biotype that was least frequently isolated. However, the most frequently isolated C. coli biotype was biotype I (72.1%) and all the isolates of C. lari were biotype I.
http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2009/45_4/501.pdf
Biotype
Campylobacter
Cattle
Isolation
Nigeria
Prevalence
Public health
Sokoto.
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