| Investigation of prevalence and risk factors for Campylobacter in broiler flocks at slaughter: results from a UK survey. | |
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PMID: 22631874 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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SUMMARYDuring 2007-2009 a UK-wide, 3-year stratified randomized survey of UK chicken broiler flocks was conducted to estimate the prevalence of Campylobacter-infected batches of birds at slaughter. Thirty-seven abattoirs, processing 88·3% of the total UK slaughter throughput, were recruited at the beginning of the survey. Of the 1174 slaughter batches sampled, 79·2% were found to be colonized with Campylobacter, the majority of isolates being C. jejuni. Previous partial depopulation of the flock [odds ratio (OR) 5·21], slaughter in the summer months (categorized as June, July and August; OR 14·27) or autumn months (categorized as September, October and November; OR 1·70) increasing bird age (40-41 days, OR 3·18; 42-45 days, OR 3·56; ⩾46 days, OR 13·43) and higher recent mortality level in the flock (1·00-1·49% mortality, OR 1·57; ⩾1·49% mortality, OR 2·74) were all identified as significant risk factors for Campylobacter colonization of the birds at slaughter. Time in transit to the slaughterhouse of more than 2·5 h was identified as a protective factor (OR 0·52). |
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J R Lawes; A Vidal; F A Clifton-Hadley; R Sayers; J Rodgers; L Snow; S J Evans; L F Powell |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-5-25 |
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Title: Epidemiology and infection Volume: - ISSN: 1469-4409 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 May |
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Created Date: 2012-5-28 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8703737 Medline TA: Epidemiol Infect Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 1-13 Citation Subset: - |
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Centre for Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Surrey, UK. |
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