Summary
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.
Keywords
Biotype,
Campylobacter, Cattle, Isolation, Nigeria, Prevalence, Public
health, Sokoto. |