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. 1980 May;11(5):508-10.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.11.5.508-510.1980.

Broiler chickens as potential source of Campylobacter infections in humans

I H Grant, N J Richardson, V D Bokkenheuser

Broiler chickens as potential source of Campylobacter infections in humans

I H Grant et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1980 May.

Abstract

Of 46 broiler chickens from a live poultry market in New York City, 38 (83%) harbored Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni in their rectal flora. The observed mean number of C. fetus per g of feces was 4.4 x 10(6). The organisms survived in the feces for at least 96 h at 4 degrees C whether stored in the gut or transferred to a vial. The best survival medium for pure cultures of C. fetus subsp.jejuni was heart infusion broth supplemented with sterile blood and kept in a microaerophilic atmosphere.

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