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Abstract
Campylobacteriosis is a bacterial zoonosis transmitted from animals and birds to human contacts causing acute bacterial gastroenteritis. The current study aimed to conduct a surveillance of campylobacters among one day imported poultry. Isolation and characterization of Campylobacter spp. were done by both traditional culture and PCR techniques. A total of 300 samples were collected from chicks (n=100), turkey poults (n=100) and duckling (n=100). The highest rate of Campylobacter spp. was recorded in ducklings (37 %), followed by chicks (27%) and turkey poults(15%). So that, The overall prevalence of Campylobacter spp in studied samples by PCR techniques were (79/300) 26.3%, out of which were identified as 3 C. jejuni (3.8%) in duckling , 26C. coli (32.9%) 23 in duckling &3 in chicks ,1 mixed C. coli and jejuni (1.3%) in duckling and as 49 (62%) non C.coli non jejuni in 10 in duckling , 24 in chicks and 15 in turkey poults .In vitro sensitivity of 26 strains of Campylobacter spp. were done against 13different antibacterial agents . Among 26 isolates, 3 isolates of C. jejuni were resistant (100%) to Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole and pencillin,(33.3%) resistant to amoxicillin. while, C.coli isolates were resistant (100%) to Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole, pencillin, tetracycline, norfloxicin and doxycyclin,(77.3%) to ciprofloxacin and (27.3%) to oflaxacin. The only mixed infection with C.coli &C. jejuni was (100%) resistant to Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole, pencillin, tetracycline, norfloxicin, doxycyclin and ciprofloxacin. An increased resistance to the quinolones and the macrolides and multidrug resistance warrant a reconsider¬ation of their use as the drugs of choice in patients with severe gastroenteritis when Campylobacter is the presumed cause.