CAMCON - Campylobacter Control - Novel Approaches in Primary Poultry Production

CamCon aims to improve the control of Campylobacter in primary poultry production in various parts of Europe and thereby enable the production of low-risk broilers . The project places great emphasis on ensuring rapid and effective dissemination of scientific achievements to end-users, in particular the EU poultry industry. The consortium consists of 10 participants from seven countries representing various parts of Europe.
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The participating institutions include national diagnostic laboratories, institutions providing research and advisory services and universities. The scientists involved have a strong background in Campylobacter research and have published many original publications in the field.
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CamCon will be a 4-year project with a total budget of 4.17 million where the scientific work is organized in five Work Packages:
WP1 will study the epidemiology of Campylobacter in broilers in selected regions and climates of the EU and compare the sub-types found in chickens;
WP2 will investigate the effectiveness and efficacy of pre-harvest interventions;
WP3 will implement on-site, telecommunication-based, hands-free detection methods and develop quantitative screening methods; WP4 will develop second-generation farm-to-fork contamination models for more precise quantitative risk assessments; and
WP5 will prepare guidelines, educational videos, Internet-based tools, and propose EU standards for producers, regulators and consumers, which are based on the results of the research carried out in the other Work Packages.