Wind Speed and Landscape Context Mediate Campylobacter Risk among Poultry Reared in Open Environments.

ABSTRACT: Foodborne pathogens cause over 9 million illnesses in the United States each year, and Campylobacter from chickens is the largest contributor. Rearing poultry outdoors without the use of antibiotics is becoming an increasingly popular style of farming; however, little is understood about how environmental factors and farm management alter pathogen prevalence. Our survey of 27 farms in California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, USA, revealed a diversity of management practices used to rear poultry in the open environment. Here, we assess environmental and management factors that impact Campylobacter spp. prevalence in 962 individual chicken fecal samples from 62 flocks over a three-year period. We detected Campylobacter spp. in 250/962 (26.0%) of fecal samples screened,

SUBMITTER: Smith OM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9913591 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature