摘要 : The aim of this work was to investigate the inter-relationships between Campylobacter, waterfowl and environment at three amenity ponds. Campylobacters were isolated from duck faeces, run-off water and pond water and sediment and ... 展开 The aim of this work was to investigate the inter-relationships between Campylobacter, waterfowl and environment at three amenity ponds. Campylobacters were isolated from duck faeces, run-off water and pond water and sediment and were subjected to molecular typing. At one pond a single strain of C. jejuni was found in duck faeces and pond water and sediment; at the other two ponds a single strain of C. coli was found in run-off and pond water but not in faeces. The proportion of birds that were carriers, the strains of Campylobacter, and the importance of run-off as a source of Campylobacters differed between ponds. Generalizations about the ecology of Campylobacter in ponds - potentially related to public health - might be inappropriate. 收起