TABLE 5.
Percentage of Campylobacter-positive samples by sample type
| Sample type | No. (%) of positive samples
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AH (n = 105)a | AL (n = 144) | CH (n = 103) | CL (n = 55) | Total (n = 407) | |
| Fecal | 26 (24.76) | 59 (40.97) | 38 (36.89) | 23 (41.82) | 146 (35.87) |
| Water line | 1 (0.95) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.25) |
| Water cup | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Litter | 0 (0) | 2 (1.39) | 6 (5.83) | 3 (5.45) | 11 (2.70) |
| Feed hopper | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Feeder | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Drag swab | 6 (5.71) | 9 (6.25) | 5 (4.85) | 5 (9.09) | 25 (6.14) |
| Wall swab | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Fan swab | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.97) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.25) |
| Mouse intestine | 0 (0) | 2 (1.39) | 1 (0.97) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.74) |
| Wild bird feces | 0 (0) | 3 (2.08) | 4 (3.88) | 0 (0) | 7 (1.72) |
| Animal feces | 0 (0) | 2 (1.39) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.49) |
| Insects | 1 (0.95) | 3 (2.08) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (0.98) |
| Dirt | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Standing water | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.97) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.25) |
| Boot swab | 0 (0) | 1 (0.69) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.82) | 2 (0.49) |
| Fly strip | 0 (0) | 1 (0.69) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.25) |
| Cecal dropping | 9 (8.57) | 8 (5.56) | 6 (5.83) | 5 (9.09) | 28 (6.89) |
| Carcass rinse | 18 (17.14) | 22 (15.28) | 24 (23.30) | 8 (14.55) | 72 (17.69) |
| Prechill water | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.94) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.49) |
| Postchill water | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Prescald water | 7 (6.67) | 1 (0.69) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (1.97) |
| Postscald water | 7 (6.67) | 4 (2.78) | 1 (0.97) | 0 (0) | 12 (2.95) |
| Pretransport crate swab | 9 (8.57) | 13 (9.03) | 5 (4.85) | 1 (1.82) | 28 (6.89) |
| Post-transport crate swab | 21 (20.00) | 14 (9.72) | 9 (8.74) | 9 (16.36) | 53 (13.02) |
a
AH, Arkansas high-production site; AL, Arkansas low-production site; CH, California high-production site; CL, California low-production site. n is the total number of samples.