Prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in calves and lambs with and without diarrhea and their public health importance [electronic resource].

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The prevalence of Campylobaeter jejuni and Campylobaeter eoli harboring in the intestine of calves and lambs with or without diarrhea was studied. A total of 309 rectal swab samples were collected from calves (167) and lambs (142) with and without diarrhea, the samples were examined bacteriologically. The bacteriological examination revealed the isolation of C. jejuni from 24 (14.37%) of 167 examined calves. The prevalence was significantly higher in the diarrheic calves (23.4%) than from the apparently healthy calves (10.83%). In addition, C. jejuni was isolated from 13 (9.15%) of 142 sheep exa.tnined, where higher (but non significant) percentage (12.24%) was reported in diarrheic lambs than (7.52%) reported in apparently healthy lambs. Also, lower prevalence of C. coli was observed in examined samples of calves (8.98%) and lambs (7.04%).

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