Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Julien, Coulibaly-Kalpy
• Bernadette, Goualie
• Stephane, Kouassi Kan
• Stephane, Koffi Kouadio
• Forget, Kra Guy
• Hortense, Faye-Kette
• Agathe, Fantodji
• Mireille, Dosso

Titel

Emergence of Campylobacter spp. in grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus, Temminck, 1827)

Ist Teil von

• Asian Pacific journal of tropical disease, 2013-08, Vol.3 (4), p.320-322

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• To investigate the presence of Campylobacter spp. in feces of grasscutter farming in Côte d'Ivoire and then to see the possibility for grasscutter meat consumption to constitute a risk for people. Standard methods of microbiology were used for the isolation of Campylobacter spp. The identification of the bacteria was performed by biochemical and molecular tests. A total of 138 feces samples were collected from 52 paddocks on an experimental farm and a family farm in Abidjan. Of the 138 samples analyzed, three from the experimental farm were positive for Campylobacter with a prevalence of 2.18%. All the strains isolated was identified as Campylobacter coli. The presence of Campylobacter coli, a pathogenic bacterium, in cane rats whose meat is highly valued by Ivorians could pose a risk to consumer's health.