Isolation and prevalence of Campylobacter species in cattle from Sokoto State, Nigeria

• Main Authors: Mohammed D. Salihu, Junaidu U. Abdulkadir, Steve I. Oboegbulem, Godwin O. Egwu, Abdullahi A. Magaji, Mohammed Lawal, Yahaya Hassan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale 2009-12-01
• Series: Veterinaria Italiana
• Subjects: Biotype; Campylobacter; Cattle; Isolation; Nigeria; Prevalence; Public health; Sokoto.
• Online Access: http://www.izs.it/vet_italiana/2009/45_4/501.pdf

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.