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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2007, p. 5125-5129, Vol. 73, No. 16
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00884-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Use of Multilocus Sequence Typing To Investigate the Association between the Presence of Campylobacter spp. in Broiler Drinking Water and Campylobacter Colonization in Broilers{triangledown}

I. D. Ogden,1* M. MacRae,1 M. Johnston,1 N. J. C. Strachan,2 A. J. Cody,3 K. E. Dingle,3 and D. G. Newell4

Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen,1 School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen,2 Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford,3 Department of Food and Environmental Safety, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, Surrey, United Kingdom4

Received 19 April 2007/ Accepted 18 June 2007

The presence of campylobacters in broiler chickens and throughout the broiler water delivery systems of 12 farms in northeastern Scotland was investigated by sensitive enrichment methods and large-volume filtration. Campylobacter presence was independent of the water source and whether the water was treated. The genotypes of Campylobacter jejuni isolates recovered from chickens and various locations within the water delivery systems were compared by multilocus sequence typing. Matching strains in shed header tanks and birds were found at 1 of the 12 farms investigated. However, the sequence of contamination or whether the source was within or outside the shed was not determined. Nevertheless, these data provide evidence that drinking water could be associated with broiler infection by campylobacters.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 1224 551132. Fax: 44 1224 552692. E-mail: i.ogden{at}abdn.ac.uk

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 22 June 2007.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2007, p. 5125-5129, Vol. 73, No. 16
0099-2240/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.00884-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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