Prevalence of Campylobacter Species in Raw Bovine Milk in Iran

Campylobacter spp. is one of the most frequent pathogens of acute bacterial gastroenteritis, which is transmitted mostly via food originating from animals. It may lead to Guillain-Barre syndrome, which is a serious neurological disease with symptoms that include flaccid paralysis this study was conducted to determine the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in raw bovine milk in Iran. From June 2008 to June 2009, 120 raw bovine milk samples from randomly selected dairy bovine herds in Isfahan, Iran and were evaluated for the presence of Campylobacter. In this study, 3 of 120 raw bovine milk samples (2.5%) were found to be contaminated with Campylobacter. Campylobacter isolates recovered from raw bovine milk were all identified as C. jejuni.

Keywords:

Campylobacter , Raw milk , Bovine , Iran