Occurrence of Campylobacter spp. in poultry meat at retail and processing plants’ levels in Central Italy

Abstract

Human campylobacteriosis remains the most commonly reported gastrointestinal disease in Europe and Campylobacter (C.) jejuni and C. coli are the two species most frequently involved in such foodborne disease. Based on the sampling plan established in the region of Lazio (Central Italy) the aim of our work was to investigate the occurrence of Campylobacter spp. in poultry meat preparations collected by the local veterinary authority at retail shops and processing plants. We also observed whether various factors such as animal species or type of product affected the isolation rate. Occurrence was significantly lower than previous surveys (12/209, 5.7%) and chicken meat was more contaminated than turkey meat.

Detection, enumeration and antimicrobial characteristics of Campylobacter spp. in Bosnia and Herzegovina

“…In this study C. coli was the most prevalent isolates than C. jejuni (40.0%) detected in chicken meat samples. It is similar with the report from Italy, where C. coli detected in seven samples, while C. jejuni in three chicken meat samples 4 . Authors from Croatia confirmed the presence of C. jejuni in 54% and C. coli in 15%, which is in contrary with our report 9 .…”

“…From the chicken meat samples, Campylobacter spp. were isolated in 10 (33.3%) cases and it is higher than in reports from China 1.2%, Italy 6.8% and Brazil 13.1% 3,4,7 . In this study C. coli was the most prevalent isolates than C. jejuni (40.0%) detected in chicken meat samples.…”

“…Campylobacter species is commonly found in poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, wild animals, birds, dogs and cats 3 . Usually infected animals are asymptomatic and since these microorganisms are spread in the environment through feces, and they can also be found in soil and water 4 . An increase of antibiotic resistance of Campylobacter isolates, has been reported in many countries 5 .…”

Cooked poultry meat and products as a potential source of some food poisoning bacteria

“…Out of 25 examined chicken thigh in the present study as shown in Tables 1 and 5, one sample with an incidence of 4% was contaminated with C. jejeni. In this study, contamination of RTE cooked chicken thighs with C. jeujeni probably because such cuts are most at risk in view of the anatomical proximity to the final part of the digestive tract (Mezher et al 2016). In Mexico City, a survey of RTE roasted chickens showed that such product was contaminated with C. jejuni by percent 41% (Quinones Ramirez et al, 2000).…”

Human campylobacteriosis: A public health concern of global importance

“…Beside poultry, Campylobacter species have also been detected in other meat typss such as pork and beef (Hussain et al., 2007; Korsak et al., 2015), mutton (Nisar et al., 2018) and in camel, lamb and chevon (Rahimi et al., 2010). Campylobacter species that have been isolated and detected in meat samples include C. coli and C. jejuni identified in poultry meat (Mezher et al., 2016), C . coli , C .…”