Incidence of Campylobacter jejuni in Chicken’s Meat and Faeces in Kano Metropolis, Kano State, Nigeria

This study was conducted to determine the incidence of Campylobacter jejuni in Chicken meat and faeces in Kano metropolis. A total of 300 samples comprising of 180 faecal samples and 120 chicken’s meat were collected from Poultry markets located within 6 local government areas of Kano metropolis, over a period of 6 months, from July, 2014 to January, 2015. All the samples were analyzed using Cultural and Biochemical methods. The confirmed isolates of C. jejuni were randomly selected and subjected to further identification by Molecular techniques (polymerase chain reaction and Nucleotide sequencing). Out of the 300 samples examined, 162 (54%) were Campylobacter positive, while 142 (47.3%) were identified as C. jejuni. Statistical analysis revealed that there is no significant difference (P < 0.05) in the isolation rates of C. jejuni at the different locations sampled. Based on this study, the recovery of C. jejuni at high rate in processed chicken’s meat is of a serious public health importance as consumption of improperly processed or contaminated chickens has been implicated as the root cause of sporadic infection and outbreaks of Campylobacteriosis worldwide.