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VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 152, Issue 3-4, Pages 219-228Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.03.010
Keywords
Campylobacter; Poultry; Cecal colonization; On-farm control measure
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- Federal Public Service of Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment (FOD, Brussels, Belgium) [RT08/8-CAMPOUL]
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Campylobacter-contaminated poultry meat is an important source of foodborne gastroenteritis and poses a serious health burden in industrialized countries. Broiler chickens are commonly regarded as a natural host for this pathogen and infected birds carry a very high Campylobacter load in their gastrointestinal tract, especially the ceca. This results in contaminated carcasses during processing. While hygienic measures at the farm and control measures during carcass processing can have some effect on the reduction of Campylobacter numbers on the retail product, intervention at the farm level by reducing colonization of the ceca should be taken into account in the overall control policy. This review gives an up-to-date overview of suggested on-farm control measures to reduce the prevalence and colonization of Campylobacter in poultry. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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