Veterinaria Italiana (Dec 2009)

Isolation and prevalence of Campylobacter species in cattle from Sokoto State, Nigeria

  • Mohammed D. Salihu,
  • Junaidu U. Abdulkadir,
  • Steve I. Oboegbulem,
  • Godwin O. Egwu,
  • Abdullahi A. Magaji,
  • Mohammed Lawal,
  • Yahaya Hassan

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 45, no. 4
pp. 501 – 505

Abstract

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The prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in cattle in Sokoto State, Nigeria, was determined. The number of samples collected totalled 976, of which 126 (12.9%) yielded Campylobacter spp. The species of Campylobacter isolates from this study were as follows: C. jejuni (65.1%), C. coli (23.0%), C. lari (7.9%), C. hyointestinalis (3.2%) and C. fetus (0.8%). A total of 172 strains of Campylobacter spp. were identified from the positive samples due to identification of more than a single strain (spp.) from a single sample. The strains identified were C. jejuni (62.8%), C. coli (25.0%), C. lari (8.1%), C. hyointestinalis (2.9%) and C. fetus (1.2%). More than one species of Campylobacter was identified in 36.5% of the positive samples. The biotyping in this study revealed C. jejuni biotype I (34.3%) as the most common C. jejuni biotype, while C. jejuni biotype IV (15.7%) was the C. jejuni biotype that was least frequently isolated. However, the most frequently isolated C. coli biotype was biotype I (72.1%) and all the isolates of C. lari were biotype I.

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