Presencia de campylobacter jejuni en aves de corral y sus manipuladores

Abstract

In order to have some information about the frecuency of isolation of C. jejuni from chickens and handlers, a study was designed. The inform presented hereby show the results from a chicken-processing factory located in the city of Cali (Colombia) A total number of 120 chickens were screened for C. jejuni. C. jenuni was isolated from 118 out of 120 stool samples from an equal number of chickens (98,33%); from 5 out of 60 chickens bodies once they were opened and eviscerated (8,33%) and from 11 out of 60 after the visceras were back again into their bodies (18,33%). Samples from 62 peoples from the factory were studied for C. jejuni, a positive isolation was found in 5 out of 62 (8,06%). All strain were sensitive to eritromycin as showed by the in vitro sensitivity test.