creators_name: Jensen, Annette Nygaard
creators_name: Nielsen, Eva Møller
editors_name: Leontides, Leonidas
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2003-10-27
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:21:08
metadata_visibility: show
title: Campylobacter species distribution in outdoor pigs: Oral presentation O44
ispublished: pub
subjects: 2security
subjects: 7pigs
full_text_status: public
keywords: organic, pig, campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli, colony hybridization, DIG nucleotide probe,
abstract: A colony blot hybridization method with a digoxigenin-(DIG)labelled nucleotide probe was developed to enable Campylobacter jejuni species-specific identification of colonies present in minority. C. jejuni is the dominant cause of human cases of Campylobacteriosis. In contrast, C. coli is normally dominant in conventional pigs but it can be speculated that outdoor pigs host more C. jejuni due to a closer contact to the environment and wild-life where C. jejuni is pre-dominant. Since C. jejuni is considered more virulent to humans a potential shift towards C. jejuni in pigs may infer an importance to food safety. Individual pigs are often colonized with several Campylobacter strains. However, with conventional culturing techniques only few colonies are typically identified to the species level and thus C. jejuni will only rarely be isolated if present in minority. Using the hybridization method it was possible to identify C. jejuni colonies in 4 out of 20 faecal samples from finisher pigs. 
date: 2003
date_type: published
publication: Proceedings. SAFEPORK 5th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Foodborne Pathogens in Pork.
pagerange: 134-136
refereed: never
citation: Jensen, Annette Nygaard and Nielsen, Eva Møller (2003) Campylobacter species distribution in outdoor pigs: Oral presentation O44. SAFEPORK 5th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Foodborne Pathogens in Pork, Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, October 1-4, 2003. In: Leontides, Leonidas (Ed.) Proceedings. SAFEPORK 5th International Symposium on the Epidemiology and Control of Foodborne Pathogens in Pork., pp. 134-136.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/1719/1/Jensen2003_Campylobacter_SafePork.doc