Molecular Detection and Associated Risk Factors of in Aborted Sheep and Goats in Duhok Province, Iraq.

Brucellosis in sheep and goats has a significant economic and zoonotic impact on the livestock population of Duhok province, Iraq. A total of 681 blood samples from aborted sheep and goats were collected from different flocks in seven districts of Duhok and tested using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Logistic regression was used for the analysis of the potential risk factors associated with RT-PCR positivity.

Prebiotic Driven Increases in IL-17A Do Not Prevent Colonization of Chickens.

Worldwide is a leading cause of foodborne disease. Contamination of chicken meat with digesta from -positive birds during slaughter and processing is a key route of transmission to humans through the food chain. Colonization of chickens with elicits host innate immune responses that may be modulated by dietary additives to provide a reduction in the number of campylobacters colonizing the gastrointestinal tract and thereby reduce the likelihood of human exposure to an infectious dose.

Filamentation of Campylobacter in broth cultures.

The transition from rod to filamentous cell morphology has been identified as a response to stressful conditions in many bacterial species and has been ascribed to confer certain survival advantages. Filamentation of Campylobacter jejuni was demonstrated to occur spontaneously on entry in to stationary phase distinguishing it from many other bacteria where a reduction in size is more common. The aim of this study was to investigate the cues that give rise to filamentation of C.