The survey of Campylobacter infection of pets and their owners

Campylobacter bacteria is the main cause of campylobacteriosis disease in human and animals. Pet animals include dogs and cats may be carriers of contamination and transmitted bacteria without clinical symptoms.considering the increasing desire of people to keep dogs and cats at home,the purpose of this research was to determine the frequency of campylobacter infection in pets and their owners. In this research,122 feces samples of pets and owners analyzed with microbial and molecular methods. In the microbial method,the frequency of campylobacter infection in cats and dogs was derermined to be8 and 12% respectively, and the molecular method,determined to be 36 and 44%. In the owners of pets,the frequency of infection was determined to be 20 and 32%respectively,while campylobacter infection was not observed in people unrelated to pets.Campylobacter jejuni was the most common species in all case of campylobacter infection.the result of the chi square test(pearson test)showed a significant relationship between the infection of pets and infection oftheir owners(p<0.01 ).Finally,due to the significant frequency of campylobacter infection in pets and considering the role they can play for the health of human societies periodic test of very important.