

@article {7861,
	title = {Fecal Shedding of Campylobacter and Arcobacter spp. in Dairy Cattle},
	journal = {Applied and Environmental Microbiology},
	volume = {66},
	number = {5},
	year = {2000},
	note = {J1: Appl Environ Microbiol},
	month = {02/01},
	pages = {1994-2000},
	abstract = {Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli, and Arcobacter spp. were detected in feces of healthy dairy cows by highly specific multiplex-PCR assays. For C. jejuni, at this one-time sampling, cows from 80.6\% of farm operations (n = 31) and 37.7\% of individual dairy cattle fecal samples (n = 2,085) were positive. Farm management factors were correlated with prevalence in herds in which >25\% of cows were positive for C. jejuni. Statistical significance was set at a P of 0.20. Using these criteria, application of manure with broadcast spreaders (P = 0.17), feeding of whole cottonseed or hulls (P = 0.17) or alfalfa (P = 0.15), and accessibility of feed to birds (P = 0.17) were identified as possible risk factors for C. jejuni infection. C. coli was detected in at least one animal in 19.4\% of operations and 1.8\% of individual cows (n = 2,085). At the herd level, use of broadcaster spreaders was not a risk factor for C. coli infection. For Arcobacter, cows from 71\% of dairy operations (n = 31) and 14.3\% of individual dairy cattle fecal samples (n = 1,682) were positive. At the herd level, for Arcobacter spp., feeding of alfalfa (P = 0.11) and use of individual waterers (P = 0.19) were protective. This is the first description of Arcobacter spp. in clinically healthy dairy cattle and the first attempt to correlate their presence with C. jejuni.},
	isbn = {0099-2240; 1098-5336},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC101445/},
	author = {Wesley,I. V. and Wells,S. J. and Harmon,K. M. and Green,A. and Schroeder-Tucker,L. and Glover,M. and Siddique,I.}
}
