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## Abstract ## Introduction Campylobacteriosis is the most common human foodborne bacterial infection worldwide and is caused by bacteria of the __Camplylobacter__ genus. The main source of these bacteria is poultry, but other food-producing animals such as pigs are also responsible for human infections. An increasing number of strains with resistance to fluoroquinolones and other antimicrobials such as macrolides were recently noted. The aim of the study was to investigate __Campylobacter__ contamination of porcine carcasses and determine the antimicrobial resistance of the obtained isolates. ## Material and Methods A total of 534 swabs from carcasses of pigs slaughtered in Poland during 2019–2022 were tested for __Campylobacter__ spp. ## Results __Campylobacter__ was detected in 164 (30.7%) carcasses; among them 149 (90.8%) were classified as __C. coli__ and the remaining 15 (9.2%) samples were __C. jejuni__-positive. Because a low number of __C. jejuni__ isolates were identified, only the __C. coli__ isolates were subjected to antimicrobial resistance analysis. The majority of these isolates were resistant to streptomycin (94.0%), ciprofloxacin (65.8%) and tetracycline (65.1%).

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Author

Jacek Osek; Kinga Wieczorek

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)