CAMPYLOBACTER SPP. IN POULTRY PRODUCTION - INCIDENCE AND CHINOLONE RESISTANCE

The incidence of Campylobacter in poultry meat production and in poult ry meat gives cause for increasing concern in this field. Results of s tudies about clinical cases of Campylobacter in humans show a growing tendency. With poultry and foal mainly C. jejuni and C. coli are isola ted, while C. jejuni has been identificated as one of the most frequen t bacterial pathogens of enteritis in humans also. Of altogether 509 s amples from poultry herds, 209 isolates (41.1%) were Campylobacter pos itive. Tests in slaughter-houses showed that there are various factors that influence the contamination of the carcass during the process of slaughtering. The number of positive cases with chicken carcass is ab out 45.9% which is higher than with the animals, flocks. Of 52 pheasan ts 25.9% were Campylobacter positive. During the last 3 years Campylob acter isolates showed a growing Chinolone resistance (19.14% in butche red roast chicken and 28.5% in pheasants).