Journal article
Monitoring Campylobacter in the poultry production chain - From culture to genes and beyond
National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark1
Division of Food Microbiology, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark2
Purdue University3
National Veterinary Institute4
Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark5
Research Group for Analytical and Predictive Microbiology, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark6
Improved monitoring tools are important for the control of Campylobacter bacteria in poultry production. Standardized reference culture methods issued by national and international standardization organizations are time-consuming, cumbersome and not amenable to automation for screening of large numbers of samples.
The ultimate goal for rapid monitoring of Campylobacter is to prevent contaminated meat from entering the food market. Currently, real-time PCR is fulfilling abovementioned criteria to a certain extent. Further development of real-time PCR, microarray PCR, miniaturized biosensors, chromatographic techniques and DNA sequencing can improve our monitoring capacity at a lower cost.
Combined with innovative sampling and sample treatment, these techniques could become realistic options for on-farm and liquid-sample monitoring at slaughterhouses.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2015 |
Pages: | 118-125 |
ISSN: | 18728359 and 01677012 |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.03.007 |
ORCIDs: | Fachmann, Mette Sofie Rousing and Hoorfar, Jeffrey |