• Biology
• Published 2000

Distribution of Campylobacter and Arcobacter in Livestock

@inproceedings{Wesley2000DistributionOC,
  title={Distribution of Campylobacter and Arcobacter in Livestock},
  author={Irene V. Wesley and Karen M. Harmon and Alice L. Green and Eric J. Bush and Scott J. Wells},
  year={2000}
}

• Irene V. Wesley, Karen M. Harmon, +2 authors Scott J. Wells

ASL-R1707 SUMMARY AND IMPLICATIONS We designed polymearse chain reaction (PCR) primers to distinguish Campylobacter jejuni from Campylobacter coli and to differentiate Arcobacter from other species of Campylobacter. We applied these PCR methods to estimate their prevalence in feces of healthy cattle and hogs and to identify risk factors for infection. For cattle, C. jejuni (23%), Arcobacter (11%), and C. coli (1.57%) were detected in healthy dairy cows (n=1,628). Campylobacter coli (69… CONTINUE READING

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