Occurrence of
Campylobacter in Dairy and Beef Cattle and Their Farm Environment in
Malaysia
Wint Wint Aung 1,
AA Saleha1*, Z Zunita1, M Murugaiyah2,
AB Aliyu1, DM Goni1 and AM Mohamed1
1Department of Veterinary
Pathology and Microbiology; 2Department of Medicine and
Farm and Exotic Animal Surgery, Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia *Corresponding author:saleha@vet.upm.edu.my
Abstract
Aim of the present study was to determine the
occurrence of Campylobacter in cattle
and their farms environment at two different incubation temperatures. A total of
248 samples including cattle (180), water (27), feed (7), cattle house floor
(9), water trough (9) and flies (16) were collected from dairy and beef farms in
Malaysia. All samples were cultured on
Campylobacter blood free selective agar base (mCCDA- modified Charcoal
Cefoperazone Deoxycholate Agar) and isolates were identified using multiplex
PCR. Prevalence of Campylobacter spp.
was 26.1% in cattle. Campylobacter spp.
were isolated from 37, 33.3, 25, 14.3 and 11.1% of water, floor of the
cattle houses, flies, feed and water trough samples, respectively. The overall
isolation rates of Campylobacter was
higher at 42ºC (25.4%) as compared to 37ºC (20.6%); however, the difference was
not significant (P>0.05). It is
concluded that Campylobacter are quite prevalent in cattle and farm
environment which could be a potential source of human infection and
environmental contamination.