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International Journal of Poultry Science

Year: 2005 | Volume: 4 | Issue: 2 | Page No.: 81-84
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2005.81.84
Comparison of Two Types of Plating Media for Detection and Enumeration of Campylobacter from Poultry Samples
J. E. Line and M. E. Berrang

Abstract: Campy-Line agar, was compared to Campy-Cefex agar for recovery of Campylobacter spp. Five samples were examined from each of 18 broiler carcasses including: feathers, skin, crop, ceca and colon. An additional 16 rinse samples from fresh fully processed commercial broiler carcasses were also examined. Campy-Line agar provided Campylobacter spp. counts that closely mirrored those found by enumeration on Campy-Cefex agar. Campy-Cefex agar generally provided slightly higher counts (P<0.05) for all sample types except skin. However, Campylobacter populations recovered with Campy-Line agar were correlated with those recovered using Campy-Cefex agar; correlation coefficient values were 0.94 for feathers, 0.95 for skin, 0.98 for crop, 0.87 for ceca and 0.88 for colon samples. Observations suggest that Campy-Line agar is easier to use due to the virtual absence of contaminating colonies.

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J. E. Line and M. E. Berrang, 2005. Comparison of Two Types of Plating Media for Detection and Enumeration of Campylobacter from Poultry Samples. International Journal of Poultry Science, 4: 81-84.

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