Apparent Attachment of Campylobacter and Salmonella to Broiler Breeder Rooster Spermatozoa.
From: Department of Poultry Science, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State 39759, USA. yvizzier@poultry.msstate.edu
Poultry science
- Publish Date: Apr 2006
- ISSN: 0032-5791
- Volume: 85
- Issue: 4
- Pages: 619-24
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Vizzier-Thaxton Y, Cox N A, Richardson L J, et al. Apparent Attachment of Campylobacter and Salmonella to Broiler Breeder Rooster Spermatozoa.. Poult. Sci. Apr 2006;85:619-24
Abstract
It has been demonstrated that horizontal and vertical transmission of Salmonella and Campylobacter can occur in broiler breeder flocks. The mechanism of this transmission is still unclear. Previously negative broiler breeder flocks have been reported to become positive with Salmonella, Campylobacter, or both after the introduction of “spike” roosters at 45 wk of age. To determine whether the rooster semen is a possible source of transmission to hens for colonization, we evaluated the association of both Salmonella and Campylobacter spp. to segments (head, midpiece, and tail) of individual spermatozoa after artificial inoculation. Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella heidelberg, and Salmonella montevideo, or Campylobacter jejuni (in 0.85% saline) was added to a freshly collected (by abdominal massage) aliquot of pooled semen from roosters housed in individual cages. The semen and bacteria solutions were incubated 1 h at room temperature. Samples were fixed using Karnosvsky and Zamboni fixatives for 24 h prior to centrifuging and rinsing in 0.1 M cacodylate x HCl buffer. Individual aliquot samples were then subjected to both scanning (JSM-5800) and transmission (JEM-1210) electron microscopy. The scanning electron microscopy showed that Salmonella was associated with all 3 segments (head, midpiece, and tail) of the spermatozoa and apparently equally distributed. Campylobacter was mainly associated with the midpiece and tail segments; few isolates were located on the head segment. The transmission electron microscopy showed apparent attachment of Salmonella and Campylobacter to the spermatozoa.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Bacterial Adhesion, Campylobacter, Campylobacter Infections, Chickens, Insemination, Artificial, Male, Salmonella, Salmonella Infections, Animal, Spermatozoa
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