Published: August 20, 2001Received: August 28, 2000Available on J-STAGE: June 17, 2011Accepted: March 09, 2001
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By the examination of Campylobacter species, 47 Campylobacter jejuni strains were isolated from 107 cattle cecal specimens obtained in a Saitama slaughterhouse brought from 20 farms in 5 prefectures. On the basis of the PCR-based randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) method, the isolates were divided into 27 types. This method is recommended for discriminating strains of C. jejuni isolated from cattle for the purposes of epidemiological study.
