Luminal and mucosa-associated caecal microbiota of chickens after experimental Campylobacter jejuni infection in the absence of Campylobacter-specific phages of group II and III.

ABSTRACT: Campylobacteriosis is still the most commonly reported zoonosis in the European Union causing gastrointestinal disease in humans. One of the most common sources for these food-borne infections is broiler meat. Interactions between Campylobacter (C.) jejuni and the intestinal microbiota might influence Campylobacter colonization in chickens. The aim of the present study was to gain further knowledge about exclusive interactions of the host microbiota with C. jejuni in Campylobacter-specific phage-free chickens under standardized conditions and special biosafety precautions.Therefore, 12 artificially infected (C. jejuni inoculum with a challenge dose of 7.64 log₁₀ c.f.u.) and 12 control chickens of the breed Ross 308 were kept under

SUBMITTER: Hankel J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9676049 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature