Table 5.
Detection of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli by multiplex PCR in faecal samples from different age groups of chickens, ducks, pigs and cattle in rural Cambodia, 2011–2013
| Number (%) of positive samples | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | Duck | Pig | Cattle | |||||||||
| <1 yr (n = 231) | ⩾1 yr (n = 104) | <1 yr (n = 63) | ⩾1 yr (n = 28) | <3 mos. (n = 59) | 3–6 mos. (n = 58) | >6 mos. (n = 32) | <6 mos. (n = 10) | 6 mos. to 2 yr (n = 33) | >2 yr (n = 145) | |||
| PCR positive for C. jejuni, C. coli or both* | 168 (73) | 20 (19) | 16 (25) | 4 (14) | 45 (76) | 41 (71) | 21 (66) | 5 (50) | 1 (<1) | 3 (2) | ||
| PCR positive for C. jejuni | 155 (67) | 20 (19) | 14 (22) | 4 (14) | 7 (12) | 9 (16) | 3 (9) | 2 (20) | 0 | 2 (1) | ||
| PCR positive for C. coli | 48 (21) | 2 (2) | 4 (6) | 0 | 43 (73) | 38 (66) | 19 (59) | 3 (30) | 1 (<1) | 1 (1) | ||
*
Fifty-one samples tested positive for both C. jejuni and C. coli.