This study was conducted to determine the epidemiological characteristics of Camphylobacter enteritis.
A total of 187 fecal specimens of Korean native goat were examined for the presence of C. jejuni and C. coli by direct plating. Fifty strains isolated were examined for biochemical and serological properties and susceptibility to 19 chemotherapeutic agents.
A total of 29(15.5%) C. jejuni and 21 (11.2%) C. coli were isolated from the fecal specimen of 187 korean native goats.
Of the 50 isolates of C, jejuni and C. coli, 29 isolates of C. jejuni grouped as 7 biotypes (1,2,3,4,6,7 and 8) and biotypes 1(34.5%), 2(17.2%) and 3(20.7%) were encountered most frequently Twenty-one C. coli strains were differentiated into biotype I (61.9% of the isolates) and biotype II (38.1%).
Of the 29 C. jejuni strains examined, 24(83.0%) were typable by the Lior serotyping scheme and five isolates were non typable. C. jejuni grouped as 8 serotypes, seratype 4(24.1%) and 26 (20.7%) were encountered most frequently. In the case of 21 strains of C. coli grouped as 6 serotypes, the most frequent serotypes were 21 (28.6%) and 25 (23.8%).
Total of 50 strains of isolated were all susceptible to, amikacin, clindamyoin and tobramycine. Overall 85% of isolates were sensitive to erythromycin, doxycycline, chloramphenicol, flumequine, kanamycin, gentamicin, nalidixic acid, polymyxin B, colistin, tetracycline and ampicillin, but about 65% of isolates were resistant to cefamandole and ethyl hydrocuprein hydrochloride.
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