Where does campylobacter come from?
Campylobacter can be found in the bowels of wild birds and various other animals including pets. Poultry, especially chickens, may carry large numbers of these bacteria without showing any signs of illness and they are a major source of human infection in food. Infection can also result from drinking untreated water or milk, or from direct contact with infected animals such as puppies with diarrhoea. Although the diarrhoea of people suffering from the disease is infective, spread from one person to another is unusual.
