%0 Journal Article
%T Incidence of Campylobacter in pigs with and without diarrhea
%A Modolo
%A Jos¨¦ Rafael
%A Margato
%A Luiz Flor¨ºncio Fernandes
%A Gottschalk
%A Arnold Frederico
%A Lopes
%A Carlos Alberto de Magalh£¿es
%J Revista de Microbiologia
%D 1999
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S0001-37141999000100004
%X two hundred pigs (1- 21 weeks old), from five piggeries in s£¿o paulo state, brazil, were divided in two groups of 100 animals each, g1 with diarrhea and g2 without diarrhea. campylobacter was recovered from 43% of g1 and 34% of g2 specimens, and was more frequently recovered from 0-4 week old piglets. c. coli was the most common species (44.2% in g1 and 32.4% in g2), followed by c. jejuni/coli (16.3% in g1 and 23.5% in g2). campylobacter counts were significantly higher in g1 (¡ê 108 ufc/g) than in g2 (¡ê 104 ufc/g) (p < 0.01), which suggests that the bacterium may play a role at least in the aggravation of the diarrheic process.
%K campylobacter
%K diarrhea
%K pigs.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0001-37141999000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en