TABLE 1.

Prevalence of campylobacters in broiler flocks from selected countries

Country	No. of farms	No. of flocks	No. of samples	Sample type	Prevalence (%)	Reference
US	8	32		Ceca/feces	87.5	92
UK	23	49			76	50
		100		Cloaca	>90	26
		151		Cloaca	45	27
Denmark		8,911	89,110	Cloaca	42.5	113
		4,286	57,000		39.6 (C. jejuni)	114
					5 (C. coli)
Norway	176	176			18	57
Sweden	18	287			27	6
Germany		12	509		41.1	4
Italy				Cloaca	80	Borvelli and Sola, conference presentation, 2000
France	75	75		Feces	42.7	76
Canada		45		Cloaca or ceca	44.4 (C. jejuni)	9
Chile			300	Feces	19.7 (C. jejuni)	31
					6 (C. coli)
Taiwan				Cloaca	24.1	17
Malaysia		10	138		53.7 (C. jejuni)	81
					28.3 (C. coli)
Japan			200		45	96