The role of management systems in the epidemiology of thermophilic campylobacters among poultry in eastern zone of Tanzania

dc.creatorKazwala, R. R.
dc.creatorJiwa, S. F. H.
dc.creatorNkya, A. E.
dc.date2017-06-24T13:45:50Z
dc.date2017-06-24T13:45:50Z
dc.date1993
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-25T08:51:41Z
dc.date.available2022-10-25T08:51:41Z
dc.descriptionEpidemiology and infection199:3, Vol. 110. 273-278
dc.descriptionA total of 255 samnples of droppings collected from a total of 22 different poultry units were exainined for the presence of thermophilic campylobacters and the isolates biotyped using Skirrow's protocol. The organismTs were isolated from 90 (35*3 %) of all samples. Among the 22 units investigated, 13 (59 %) were found to have unsatisfactory management svstems, while 7 (32 %) and 2 (9 %) were found to have unsatisfactory and good systems respectively. Significantly large numbers of isolations, 68 of 147 (46 2 %), were made from samples collected from poultry units with poor management (P < 0 005). compared with 19 out of 84 (22 6%) samples which were collected from satisfactory units and 3 out of 24 (125%) samples collected from units exercising particularly good management. Nineteen of 72 (26-4%) samples collected from broilers, 32 out of 132 (24-2%) samples collected from layers and 39 out of 51 (76 49 %) samples collected from indigenous free range poultry were positive for campylobacters. Among the 90 strains isolated from various units, 64 (704 0 ) were Cnampylobacterjejuni, 25 (27-7 %) were C. coli, and only 1 (2 2 %) was C. laridis.
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dc.identifier0950-2688
dc.identifierhttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/1717
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/91644
dc.languageen
dc.publisherEpidemiology and infection
dc.subjectThermophilic campylobacters
dc.subjectIsolates biotyped
dc.subjectSkirrow's protocol
dc.subjectCampylobacter jejuni
dc.titleThe role of management systems in the epidemiology of thermophilic campylobacters among poultry in eastern zone of Tanzania
dc.typeArticle

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