Table 2.
Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in finishing pigs reported in 17 studies in 11 European and North‐American countries
| Shedding or carriage | Country | References | Individual or pool prevalence | Pigs tested | Herd prevalence | Herds tested | Type of material sampled | Type of analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p | p 95% CI | p | p 95% CI | |||||||||
| Lower limit | Upper limit | Lower limit | Upper limit | |||||||||
| Shedding (prevalence in faeces or rectal contents) | Belgium | Botteldoorn et al., 2001 | 0.340 | 0.264 | 0.416 | 150 | 1.000 | 0.968 | 1.000 | 4 | Rectal swabs collected on farm | Ind, Cul |
| Canada | Varela et al., 2007a, 2007b | 0.999 | 0.997 | 1.000 | 800 | 1.000 | 0.992 | 1.000 | 80 | Fresh faeces (10 g) collected on farm | Ind, Cul | |
| France | Minvielle et al., 2007 | 1.000 | 0.995 | 1.000 | 250 | 1.000 | 0.990 | 1.000 | 50 | Rectal contents (5 g) collected at slaughterhouse | Ind, Nb | |
| Fosse et al., 2008b | 1.000 | 0.995 | 1.000 | 215 | 1.000 | 0.974 | 1.000 | 6 | Faeces (25 g) collected on farm | Pool, Nb | ||
| 1.000 | 0.996 | 1.000 | 430 | 1.000 | 0.974 | 1.000 | 6 | Rectal contents (25 g) collected at slaughterhouse | Pool, Nb | |||
| Germany | Alter et al., 2005 | 0.791 | 0.747 | 0.835 | 330 | 1.000 | 0.977 | 1.000 | 8 | Faeces (5 g) collected on farm | Ind, Cul | |
| Altrock et al., 2007 | 0.697 | 0.666 | 0.726 | 900 | 1.000 | 0.988 | 1.000 | 30 | Faeces collected on farm | Ind, Cul | ||
| Wehebrink et al., 2007 | 0.647 | 0.617 | 0.675 | 1,040 | – | – | – | 16 | Faeces or rectal swabs collected on farm | Ind, Cul | ||
| Italy | Cereser et al., 2007 | 0.114 | 0.040 | 0.188 | 70 | 1.000 | – | – | 1 | Rectal (25 g) contents collected at slaughterhouse | Ind, Cul | |
| Norway | Nesbakken et al., 2003 | 1.000 | 0986 | 1.000 | 24 | 1.000 | 0.963 | 1.000 | 3 | Rectal contents (10 g) collected at slaughterhouse | Ind, Cul | |
| Switzerland | Schuppers et al., 2005 | 0.957 | 0.944 | 0.967 | 1,280 | 1.000 | 0.991 | 1.000 | 64 | Pooled faeces (5 × 5 g) collected on farm | Pool, Cul | |
| United States | Gebreyes et al., 2005 | 0.558 | 0.502 | 0.614 | 300 | 1.000 | 0.979 | 1.000 | 10 | Fresh faeces (10 g) collected on farm | Ind, Cul | |
| Digestive carriage (prevalence in digestive contents or tonsils and lymph nodes collected at slaughterhouse) | Czech Republic | Steinhauserova et al., 2005 | 0.491 | 0.451 | 0.531 | 595 | – | – | – | – | Caecal contents | Ind, Cul |
| Denmark | Boes et al., 2005 | 0.920 | 0.904 | 0.934 | 1,244 | 1.000 | 0.969 | 1.000 | 247 | Caecal contents (100 ml) | Ind, Cul | |
| France | Payot et al., 2004 | 0.504 | 0.441 | 0.567 | 240 | 0.833 | 0.684 | 0.982 | 24 | Gastric mucosa samples (9 cm2) | Ind, Cul | |
| Italy | Cereser et al., 2007 | 0.073 | 0.012 | 0.134 | 70 | 1.000 | – | – | 1 | Mesenteric lymph nodes (25 g) | Ind, Cul | |
| Norway | Nesbakken et al., 2003 | 0.458 | 0.259 | 0.657 | Tonsils (10 g) | Ind, Cul | ||||||
| 0.292 | 0.110 | 0.474 | Mesenteric lymph nodes (5 g) | |||||||||
| 0.625 | 0.431 | 0.819 | 24 | – | – | – | – | Stomach contents (10 g) | ||||
| 0.958 | 0.878 | 1.000 | Ileal contents (10 g) | |||||||||
| 0.958 | 0.878 | 1.000 | Caecal contents (10 g) | |||||||||
| 0.958 | 0.878 | 1.000 | Colon contents (10 g) | |||||||||
| the Netherlands | Weijtens et al., 1993 | 0.850 | 0.772 | 0.928 | 80 | 1.000 | 0.977 | 1.000 | 8 | Ileal contents (20 g) | Ind, Nb | |
| United States | Harvey et al., 1999 | 0.916 | 0.915 | 0.917 | 595 | 1.000 | 0.326 | 0.994 | 4 | Caecal contents | Ind, Nb | |
| Serological prevalence | Germany | Altrock et al., 2007 | 0.812 | 0.785 | 0.836 | 900 | 1.000 | 0.988 | 1.000 | 30 | Blood samples | Ind, AD |
P, apparent prevalence; Ind, individual analysis; Pool, pooled samples analysed; Cul, culture; AD, antibody detection; Nb, culture with numbering; –, lack of data.