TABLE 3.

PFGE patterns of Salmonella sp. serovar Enteritidis isolates during sampling for 16 days at each egg-breaking plant

Sampling day	Time	PFGE pattern at planta:
		A		B		C		D
		BlnI	XbaI	BlnI	XbaI	BlnI	XbaI	BlnI	XbaI
1	a.m.	IIIa	V	IIIb	Vb	ND	ND	IIIb	IVa
	p.m.	IIIa	V	IIIc	V	IVa	Ia	ND	ND
2	a.m.	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	IIIb	IVa
	p.m.	IIIb	V	ND	ND	VI	Ia	VII	Ia
3	a.m.	ND	ND	NC	NC	IVa	Ia	ND	ND
	p.m.	XII	Ia	NC	NC	IVa	Ia	ND	ND
4	a.m.	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
	p.m.	IIIc	V	IIIc	V	ND	ND	VII	Ia
5	a.m.	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
	p.m.	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
6	a.m.	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
	p.m.	ND	ND	ND	ND	IVa	Ia	IIIb	IVa
7	a.m.	IIIa	V	ND	ND	IVa	Ia	ND	ND
	p.m.	XI	VI	IIIb	IVb	ND	ND	IIIc	IVc
8	a.m.	ND	ND	ND	ND	I	Ia	ND	ND
	p.m.	IIIa	V	ND	ND	IVb	Ia	IIIb	IVa
9	a.m.	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	IIIb	IVa
	p.m.	ND	ND	IIIc	V	ND	ND	ND	ND
10	a.m.	X	Ia	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
	p.m.	IIIa	V	IIId	IIIb	ND	ND	ND	ND
11	a.m.	VIII	IIIa	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
	p.m.	IIIc	V	ND	ND	ND	ND	IIIb	IVa
12	a.m.	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
	p.m.	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC	NC
13	a.m.	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	IIIc	IVc
	p.m.	IIIc	V	ND	ND	IX	Ib	IIIb	IVa
14	a.m.	IIIe	II	ND	ND	ND	ND	IIIc	IVc
	p.m.	ND	ND	ND	ND	V	Ia	IIIb	IVa
15	a.m.	ND	ND	IIIb	IVa	VI	Ia	IIIb	IVa
	p.m.	IIIa	V	IIIb	IVa	VI	Ia	IIIb	IVa
16	a.m.	IIIa	V	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
	p.m.	IIIa	V	ND	ND	II	Ia	IIIb	IVa

^aNC, sample not collected; ND, Salmonella serotype Enteritidis not detected.