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Helicobacter pullorum was originally isolated from chickens at the beginning of the 90s. The bacterium has also been isolated worldwide from patients suffering from symptoms of the intestinal tract and it is suspected to be zoonotic. H. pullorum may infect chickens at the time of slaughtering, and hence it may create a risk for alimentary hygiene. Altogether over twenty helicobacteria are known, and they have been found in the gastrointestinal tract of various mammals and chicken. The importance of some species, such as Helicobacter pylori, as human pathogens has been proved. The clinical part of this study was conducted in spring 1999, at which point there was relatively little information and research done on H. pullorum. This study compares the applicability of different culture media as well as the filter method in isolating H. pullorum, and detects the occurrence of the bacterium in poultry samples. There were no notable differences in the applicability of studied culture media for the cultivation of H. pullorum, whereas the filter method could not be considered reliable. The poultry samples consisted of liver samples and the content of the caecum of egg-laying hens. The samples collected at a slaughterhouse provided 22 bacterial strains that can be identified as either Campylo- or Helicobacteria on the basis of their phenotypic features. With current knowledge these strains could be identified more specifically, using for instance PCR method. Notwithstanding the Helicobacter pylori bacterium, the isolation of Helicobacteria especially by cultivation methods has been shown to be demanding due to their specific growth/colonization factors. This is why Helicobacteria may have a greater influence both in veterinary and human medicine than is known so far. However, to estimate the pathogeneticity and zoonotic nature of Helicobacter pullorum requires further research.