Prevalence of Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Arcobacter species at slaughter in market age pigs

R B Harvey; R C Anderson; C R Young; M E Hume; K J Genovese; R L Ziprin; L A Farrington; L H Stanker; D J Nisbet

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-4143-1_25

Prevalence of Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Arcobacter species at slaughter in market age pigs

Adv Exp Med Biol. 1999:473:237-9. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4143-1_25.

Authors

R B Harvey¹, R C Anderson, C R Young, M E Hume, K J Genovese, R L Ziprin, L A Farrington, L H Stanker, D J Nisbet

Affiliation

¹ Food Animal Protection Research Laboratory, USDA, ARS, College Station, Texas 77845, USA.

PMID: 10659364
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-4143-1_25

Abstract

A survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Arcobacter species in market age pigs from an integrated swine operation in Texas. Our findings indicate that farms from this commercial operation were heavily contaminated with Campylobacter and Salmonella, that the isolation rates of C. jejuni were higher than predicted, and that there was a low prevalence of Arcobacter.

MeSH terms

Animals
Arcobacter / isolation & purification*
Campylobacter Infections / epidemiology
Campylobacter Infections / microbiology
Campylobacter Infections / veterinary*
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / epidemiology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / veterinary*
Prevalence
Salmonella Infections, Animal / epidemiology*
Salmonella Infections, Animal / microbiology
Swine
Swine Diseases / epidemiology*
Swine Diseases / microbiology
United States / epidemiology