House-level risk factors associated with the colonization of broiler flocks with Campylobacterspp. in Iceland, 2001 – 2004

• Main Authors: Guerin, Michele T, Martin, Wayne, Reiersen, Jarle, Berke, Olaf, McEwen, Scott A, Bisaillon, Jean-Robert, Lowman, Ruff
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2007
• Subjects: Slaughter; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1746-6148/3/30

Abstract Background The concurrent rise in consumption of fresh chicken meat and human campylobacteriosis in the late 1990's in Iceland led to a longitudinal study of the poultry industry to identify the means to decrease the frequency of broiler flock colonization with Campylobacter . Because...