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Campylobacter spp. and Related Organisms in Poultry

Pathogen-Host Interactions, Diagnosis and Epidemiology

  • An up to date review of Campylobacter species
  • and related organisms and their interaction with poultry
  • Covers the latest molecular techniques for the
  • investigation of various aspects of Campylobacter
  • Provides the first review of Arcobacter and Helicobacter species in poultry
  • Poultry is recognized as the most common cause of Campylobacter-associated diseases in humans
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. About Campylobacter spp.

    • Patrícia Giovana Hoepers, Gustavo Medina, Daise Aparecida Rossi, Heriberto Fernandez
    Pages 1-18
  3. Isolation and Identification of Campylobacter spp. in Poultry

    • Omar A. Oyarzabal, Heriberto Fernández
    Pages 19-35
  4. Colonization of Campylobacter jejuni in Poultry

    • Deivid William da Fonseca Batistão, Belchiolina Beatriz Fonseca, Álvaro Ferreira Júnior, Marcelo Emilio Beletti
    Pages 37-58
  5. Immune Response After Campylobacter spp. Infection in Poultry

    • Alvaro Ferreira Júnior, Edson Campos Valadares Júnior
    Pages 59-74
  6. Campylobacter jejuni in Poultry: A Commensal or a Pathogen?

    • Lisa K. Williams, Belchiolina Beatriz Fonseca, Tom J. Humphrey
    Pages 75-87
  7. A Glance at Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes Interplay and Campylobacter jejuni–Host Interaction

    • Marlus Alves dos Santos, Flávia Alves Martins, Paula Cristina Brigido Tavares, Claudio Vieira da Silva
    Pages 89-124
  8. Epidemiology of Campylobacter in Farms

    • Eliane Pereira Mendonça, Belchiolina Beatriz Fonseca, Guilherme Paz Monteiro
    Pages 125-135
  9. Control of Campylobacter spp. in Commercial Poultry Production

    • Omar A. Oyarzabal, Steffen Backert
    Pages 137-149
  10. Campylobacter spp.: Capacity of Biofilm Formation and Other Strategies of Survival and Adaption to Remain in the Poultry Industry

    • Roberta Torres de Melo, Guilherme Paz Monteiro, Eliane Pereira Mendonça, Daise Aparecida Rossi
    Pages 151-164
  11. Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter spp.

    • Lisette Lapierre, María Laura Arias, Heriberto Fernández
    Pages 165-183

About this book

This book provides an extensive review of research into Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Arcobacter species found in poultry. It includes the epidemiology, diagnosis, immune response and disease control of these organisms in commercial poultry production. Antimicrobial resistance, and the incidence and human disease potential of these bacteria is also discussed.

A global perspective is presented by experts from four continents – South America, North America, Europe and Africa. This reference work will be of value to the poultry industry, research laboratories, public health workers and students. An extensive overview of the relevant literature is provided by the reference lists at the end of each chapter.






Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlandia, Brazil

    Belchiolina Beatriz Fonseca

  • Universidad Austral de Chile, Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Valdivia, Chile

    Heriberto Fernandez

  • Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brazil

    Daise Aparecida Rossi

About the editors

Dr. Belchiolina Beatriz Fonseca is professor of avian disease and poultry production from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine from Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Before her academic work he has worked in the field as a Veterinary Medical with chickens and broiler breeders. She has started research about Campylobacter in poultry since 2005 when studied in Chile with Dr. Heriberto Fernandéz. Thenceforward, her research about Campylobacter with Dr. Daise Rossi in poultry. The main focus of the author is epidemiology and the relationship of commensal or disease between and campylobacter in poultry. She is member of the Latin American Network of Researchers in Campylobacteraceae (Relacampy).

Dr. Heriberto Fernández is Full Professor of Clinical Microbiology and past-director of the Institute of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Austral de Chile.

During the first years of his career he was involved in microbiological diagnosis of zoonotic bacterial agents. Since 1980 their research lines turned towards Campylobacter  and related microorganisms and their epidemiological relationships among humans, animals, the environment and food production. Throughout the last 35 years he conducted many research projects in the field. As Professor he spent much of his time to teach about Campylobacter, not only to undergraduate and graduate students and professionals of his country, but also to others in many countries of Latin America, being also invited as speaker at many conferences and scientific meetings in almost all South American countries and some of Central America. He was trainer in different courses in Argentina and Mexico of the WHO SalmSurvNet (now renamed GFN).

Dr Fernández was invited to be member of the WHO Experts Committee on Campylobacter, the Chilean Agency for Food Safety and the WHO Advisory Group on Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (AGISAR), belonging to the latter until June 2014.

In 2014 obtained a grant from the Ecuadorian Secretariat for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation to develop a Prometeo Project at the Technical University of Loja to build academic capacities on Campylobacter and develop research projects in this field. At this time he created the Latin American Network of Researchers in Campylobacteraceae. 

Dr. Daise Aparecida Rossi is professor of microbiology, zoonotic disease and  hygiene and vigilance in food at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the  Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brasil. She has experience in veterinary microbiology, mainly with food microbiology and epidemiology, with expertise in foodborne zoonoses and food safety. She has several important works about Campylobacter and Salmonella in general food as, chicken, milk, cheese and other meats. Her research team also developed projects in Brazil about the prevalence of Campylobacter in animal products, their virulence, resistance to antimicrobials and capacity of biofilm formation. She is member of the Latin American Network of Researchers in Campylobacteraceae (Relacampy). and SSAN-UNASUL (Program of the development of strategies of Socio-educational or Social Technology character on Sovereignty, Food and Nutritional Security). 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Campylobacter spp. and Related Organisms in Poultry

  • Book Subtitle: Pathogen-Host Interactions, Diagnosis and Epidemiology

  • Editors: Belchiolina Beatriz Fonseca, Heriberto Fernandez, Daise Aparecida Rossi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29907-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29906-8Published: 22 June 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80683-9Published: 31 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29907-5Published: 11 June 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 206

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Medical Microbiology, Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science, Microbiology, Public Health, Food Science, Agriculture

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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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Hardcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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