Volume 16, Number 7—July 2010
Conference Summary
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15th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms
John E. Moore
and Motoo Matsuda
and Motoo MatsudaTable
Summary of poultry and poultry-related intervention measures presented at 15th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms in Niigata, Japan, September 2009
| Intervention | Country | Comment | Author (reference) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biosecurity: handwashing, foot dipping | UK | Survey of biosecurity from 3 large companies and 8 farms. Noncompliance issues were highlighted | Gittens and Newell (5) |
| Biosecurity and nonbiosecurity interventions | UK | Critical review of published works on farm intervention measures was performed. Report will be published at www.fsascience.net | Newell and Allen (6) |
| Use of bacteriocins | USA | 5–6 log reduction in cecal contents, 3 d prior to slaughter | Svetoch and Stern (7) |
| Vaccination | UK | Vaccination possible but considered as a long term intervention option Oral subunit vaccination can induce detectable immune responses | Newell (8), Gudivada et al. (9) |
| Use of Lactobacillus salivarius | Finland | Bacteriocin reduces colonization | Hanan et al. (10) |
| Lytic bacteriophage therapy | UK | 2 log reduction in cecal levels of birds.Virulent bacteriophages share few or no genes with their host but influence strains and phenotypes of campylobacters in poultry | El-Shibiny and Connerton (11), Connerton (12) |
| Probiotics | Japan | Small decrease in colonization of poultry | Marubashi (13) |
| Capyrylic acid (8C-medium chain fatty acid) | USA | 3–4 log reduction in birds fed 3–7 d at 0.7% | Donoghue et al. (14) |
| Short- and medium-chain fatty acid fed supplementation | The Netherlands | Method for the prevention of colonization in broilers | Van Gerwe et al. (15) |
| Strongly acidic electrosided water (50 ppm Cl2) | Japan | 7.1 × 103 cfu/g to undetectable on chicken wings | Shimazaki et al. (16) |
| Freezing | Iceland | 90% decrease in annual human campylobacteriosis | Lowman et al. (17) |
| Improved crate washing | UK | Use of water at ≈60oC, along with high pressure and high volume sprays along with detergent, followed by a disinfectant spray, resulted in a reduction of campylobacters | Allen et al. (18) |
| Flynetting | Iceland | 62% reduction of infection in flocks | Lowman et al. (19) |
| Withdrawal of poultry meat | The Netherlands | Culling of poultry due to avian influenza reduced human disease by 10%–70%. The authors suggested that transmission from poultry farms through the environment and other factors were important, in addition to reduced sales of poultry meat. | van Pelt et al. (20) |
