TABLE 2.

Distribution of serotypes for the 78 Salmonella isolates recovered from poultry and faecal samples collected between December 2011 and May 2012.

Salmonella serotypes	No. of isolates in each serotype (% of sample type)
	Chicken meat and skin samples†	Faecal samples‡	Total
S. Kentucky	27 (41.5)	7 (54)	34 (43.6)
S. Enteritidis	2 (3.1)	–	2 (2.6)
S. Typhimurium	–	–	-
Other serotypes§	36 (55.4)	6(46)	42 (53.8)

†, A total of 144 samples were collected from 62 chicken meat parts (20 boneless breasts, 19 cloacae, 10 livers, 8 gizzards and 5 wings), 22 skin pieces from slaughtered birds, 30 raw egg yolks and shells from another 30 eggs.

‡, A total of 21 samples were collected from chicken faeces.

§, Further serotyping was not performed for these isolates because of funding limitations.