Occurrence and Multidrug Resistance of Campylobacter in Chicken Meat from Different Production Systems.

ABSTRACT: Campylobacter is the leading bacterial cause of diarrheal disease worldwide and poultry remains the primary vehicle of its transmission to humans. Due to the rapid increase in antibiotic resistance among Campylobacter strains, the World Health Organization (WHO) added Campylobacter fluoroquinolone resistance to the WHO list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens". This study aimed to investigate the occurrence and antibiotic resistance of Campylobacter spp. in meat samples from chickens reared in different production systems: (a) conventional, (b) free-range and (c) backyard farming. Campylobacter spp. was detected in all samples from conventionally reared and free-range broilers and in 72.7% of backyard chicken samples. Levels of contamination were

SUBMITTER: Santos-Ferreira N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9265442 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature