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Analysis of reservoir sources of Campylobacter isolates to free-range broilers in Denmark
Campylobacter is a common cause of food poisoning in many countries, with broilers being the main source. Organic and free-range broilers are more frequently Campylobacter-positive than conventionally raised broilers and may constitute a higher risk for human infections. Organic and free-range broil...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10485630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37672837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.103025 |
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author | Lassen, Brian Takeuchi-Storm, Nao Henri, Clémentine Hald, Tine Sandberg, Marianne Ellis-Iversen, Johanne |
author_facet | Lassen, Brian Takeuchi-Storm, Nao Henri, Clémentine Hald, Tine Sandberg, Marianne Ellis-Iversen, Johanne |
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description | Campylobacter is a common cause of food poisoning in many countries, with broilers being the main source. Organic and free-range broilers are more frequently Campylobacter-positive than conventionally raised broilers and may constitute a higher risk for human infections. Organic and free-range broilers may get exposed to Campylobacter from environmental reservoirs and livestock farms, but the relative importance of these sources is unknown. The aim of the study was to describe similarities and differences between the genetic diversity of the Campylobacter isolates collected from free-range/organic broilers with those isolated from conventional broilers and other animal hosts (cattle, pigs, and dogs) in Denmark to make inferences about the reservoir sources of Campylobacter to free-range broilers. The applied aggregated surveillance data consisted of sequenced Campylobacter isolates sampled in 2015 to 2017 and 2018 to 2021. The data included 1,102 isolates from free-range (n = 209), conventional broilers (n = 577), cattle (n = 261), pigs (n = 30), and dogs (n = 25). The isolates were cultivated from either fecal material (n = 434), food matrices (n = 569), or of nondisclosed origin (n = 99). Campylobacter jejuni (94.5%) dominated and subtyping analysis found 170 different sequence types (STs) grouped into 75 clonal complexes (CCs). The results suggest that CC-21 and CC-45 are the most frequent CCs found in broilers. The relationship between the CCs in the investigated sources showed that the different CCs were shared by most of the animals, but not pigs. The ST-profiles of free-range broilers were most similar to that of conventional broilers, dogs and cattle, in that order. The similarity was stronger between conventional broilers and cattle than between conventional and free-range broilers. The results suggest that cattle may be a plausible reservoir of C. jejuni for conventional and free-range broilers, and that conventional broilers are a possible source for free-range broilers or reflect a dominance of isolates adapted to the same host environment. Aggregated data provided valuable insight into the epidemiology of Campylobacter sources for free-range broilers, but time-limited sampling of isolates from different sources within a targeted area would hold a higher predictive value. |
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spelling | pubmed-104856302023-09-09 Analysis of reservoir sources of Campylobacter isolates to free-range broilers in Denmark Lassen, Brian Takeuchi-Storm, Nao Henri, Clémentine Hald, Tine Sandberg, Marianne Ellis-Iversen, Johanne Poult Sci IMMUNOLOGY, HEALTH AND DISEASE Campylobacter is a common cause of food poisoning in many countries, with broilers being the main source. Organic and free-range broilers are more frequently Campylobacter-positive than conventionally raised broilers and may constitute a higher risk for human infections. Organic and free-range broilers may get exposed to Campylobacter from environmental reservoirs and livestock farms, but the relative importance of these sources is unknown. The aim of the study was to describe similarities and differences between the genetic diversity of the Campylobacter isolates collected from free-range/organic broilers with those isolated from conventional broilers and other animal hosts (cattle, pigs, and dogs) in Denmark to make inferences about the reservoir sources of Campylobacter to free-range broilers. The applied aggregated surveillance data consisted of sequenced Campylobacter isolates sampled in 2015 to 2017 and 2018 to 2021. The data included 1,102 isolates from free-range (n = 209), conventional broilers (n = 577), cattle (n = 261), pigs (n = 30), and dogs (n = 25). The isolates were cultivated from either fecal material (n = 434), food matrices (n = 569), or of nondisclosed origin (n = 99). Campylobacter jejuni (94.5%) dominated and subtyping analysis found 170 different sequence types (STs) grouped into 75 clonal complexes (CCs). The results suggest that CC-21 and CC-45 are the most frequent CCs found in broilers. The relationship between the CCs in the investigated sources showed that the different CCs were shared by most of the animals, but not pigs. The ST-profiles of free-range broilers were most similar to that of conventional broilers, dogs and cattle, in that order. The similarity was stronger between conventional broilers and cattle than between conventional and free-range broilers. The results suggest that cattle may be a plausible reservoir of C. jejuni for conventional and free-range broilers, and that conventional broilers are a possible source for free-range broilers or reflect a dominance of isolates adapted to the same host environment. Aggregated data provided valuable insight into the epidemiology of Campylobacter sources for free-range broilers, but time-limited sampling of isolates from different sources within a targeted area would hold a higher predictive value. Elsevier 2023-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10485630/ /pubmed/37672837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.103025 Text en © 2023 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | IMMUNOLOGY, HEALTH AND DISEASE Lassen, Brian Takeuchi-Storm, Nao Henri, Clémentine Hald, Tine Sandberg, Marianne Ellis-Iversen, Johanne Analysis of reservoir sources of Campylobacter isolates to free-range broilers in Denmark |
title | Analysis of reservoir sources of Campylobacter isolates to free-range broilers in Denmark |
title_full | Analysis of reservoir sources of Campylobacter isolates to free-range broilers in Denmark |
title_fullStr | Analysis of reservoir sources of Campylobacter isolates to free-range broilers in Denmark |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of reservoir sources of Campylobacter isolates to free-range broilers in Denmark |
title_short | Analysis of reservoir sources of Campylobacter isolates to free-range broilers in Denmark |
title_sort | analysis of reservoir sources of campylobacter isolates to free-range broilers in denmark |
topic | IMMUNOLOGY, HEALTH AND DISEASE |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10485630/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37672837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psj.2023.103025 |
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