Rectal swab samples were collected from 60 red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) from July 2006 to April 2007 in Southern Italy. Samples were tested for Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli by culture methods and suspected colonies were then confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. C. jejuni was detected in 5/60 (8.3%) samples examined but infection status was not related to age or sex and C. coli was not isolated. This is believed to be the first report of C. jejuni infection in the red squirrel.
Campylobacter jejuni in the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) population of Southern Italy / Dipineto, Ludovico; Gargiulo, A.; Cuomo, A.; Santaniello, A.; Sensale, M.; Borrelli, L.; D'Angelo, Livia; Menna, LUCIA FRANCESCA; Fioretti, Alessandro. - In: THE VETERINARY JOURNAL. - ISSN 1090-0233. - STAMPA. - 179:1(2009), pp. 149-150. [10.1016/j.tvjl.2007.09.013]
Campylobacter jejuni in the red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) population of Southern Italy
DIPINETO, LUDOVICO;SANTANIELLO A.;BORRELLI L.;D'ANGELO, LIVIA;MENNA, LUCIA FRANCESCA;FIORETTI, ALESSANDRO
2009
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Rectal swab samples were collected from 60 red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) from July 2006 to April 2007 in Southern Italy. Samples were tested for Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli by culture methods and suspected colonies were then confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. C. jejuni was detected in 5/60 (8.3%) samples examined but infection status was not related to age or sex and C. coli was not isolated. This is believed to be the first report of C. jejuni infection in the red squirrel.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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