Investigating the Association Between the Caecal Microbiomes of Broilers and Campylobacter Burden.

ABSTRACT: One of the major transmission routes for the foodborne bacterial pathogen Campylobacter is undercooked poultry meat, contaminated from intestinal contents during processing. In broilers, Campylobacter can grow to very high densities in the caeca, and is often considered to be a commensal or an opportunistic pathogen in poultry. Reduction of caecal loads of Campylobacter may assist in lowering incidence rates of Campylobacter food poisoning. To achieve this, there needs to be a better understanding of the dynamics of Campylobacter colonization in its natural niche, and the effect of the local microbiome on colonization. Previous studies have shown that the microbiome differed between Campylobacter colonized and non-colonized chicken intestinal sampl

SUBMITTER: Sakaridis I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5972209 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature