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AIVI - December 2009 - Issue 6
https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2009.1118

SURVEY ON CAMPYLOBACTER SPP. PREVALENCE IN BROILER CHICKENS SLAUGHTERED IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION

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Received: 13 February 2013
Published: 13 December 2009
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Campylobacter spp., broiler chickens, carcasses, zoonosis

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G. Rugna
lucia.zoppi@pagepress.org
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, .
G Merialdi
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, .
L Bardasi
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, .
S Bassi
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, .
S. Dell’Anna
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, .
M.C. Fontana
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, .
G. Galletti
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, .
P. Massi
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, .
A Santi
Regione Emilia-Romagna, DG Sanità e Politiche Sociali, .
M. Tamba
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell’Emilia Romagna, .
Thermophilic Campylobacter spp. have been recognised as a major cause of foodborne infections in many countries throughout the world. Poultry meat is the most common source for foodborne cases of human campylobacteriosis. An European baseline study (Dec. 516/07/UE) was carried out in the year 2008 with the aim of determining the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in broiler chickens and the contamination level on the broiler carcasses. One hundred broiler flocks were sampled in 4 poultry slaughterhouses in Emilia Romagna and 52% (IC 95%: 41,8%-62,1%) were positive for Campylobacter jejuni/coli. The prevalence of thermophylic Campylobacter on carcasses was 26,0% (IC 95%: 17,7%- 35,7%) and it was correlated to finding of these bacteria in the broilers’ gut (O.R.: 3,8; I.C. 95%: 1,4-9,9).

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SURVEY ON CAMPYLOBACTER SPP. PREVALENCE IN BROILER CHICKENS SLAUGHTERED IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION. Ital J Food Safety [Internet]. 2009 Dec. 13 [cited 2026 Aug. 9];1(6):27-31. Available from: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/ijfs/article/view/ijfs.2009.6.27

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