Prevalence and genetic characterization offrom clinical poultry cases in China.

Abstract

is a major cause of campylobacteriosis worldwide, and poultry is the main reservoir for its transmission.was generally considered to be a harmless commensal organism in poultry without pathogenic properties. However, it was proposed that a-like organism may be the cause of vibrionic hepatitis, which poses a significant public health risk. The occurrence and epidemiology ofin healthy poultry have been studied systematically, but little is known about the epidemiology ofisolates from diseased poultry in China. Therefore, this study determined the prevalence and molecular characterization offrom diseased chickens, ducks, and geese in Yangzhou Veterinary Hospital between December 2016 and September 2017, which was critical for improving the diagnosis and prevention ofinfections.