Author/Authors :
Alessandra and Dipineto، نويسنده , , Ludovico and Gargiulo، نويسنده , , Antonio and Cuomo، نويسنده , , Alessandra and Santaniello، نويسنده , , Antonio and Sensale، نويسنده , , Mariangela and Borrelli، نويسنده , , Luca and D’Angelo، نويسنده , , Livia and Menna، نويسنده , , Lucia F. and Fioretti، نويسنده , , Alessandro، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
Rectal swab samples were collected from 60 red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) from July 2006 to April 2007 in Southern Italy. Samples were tested for Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli by culture methods and suspected colonies were then confirmed by polymerase chain reaction. C. jejuni was detected in 5/60 (8.3%) samples examined but infection status was not related to age or sex and C. coli was not isolated. This is believed to be the first report of C. jejuni infection in the red squirrel.
Keywords :
Campylobacter jejuni , Italy , Campylobacter coli , Survey , red squirrel
