Table 3.

Detection of Salmonella Cubana in artificially contaminated animal feeds by the NMKL71 (RVS), MSRV and EN ISO 6579:2002 methods (RVS + MKTTn).

Feed type	Selective medium	cfu/25 g of Salmonella Cubana
		0	0–1	1–10	10-102	102–103
Pellets of pig feed	RVS	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5	5/5
	MSRV	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5	5/5
	MKTTn	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5d	5/5
Soybean meal	RVS	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5	5/5
	MSRV	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5	5/5
	MKTTn	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5a	5/5
Palm kernel meal	RVS	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5	5/5
	MSRV	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5	5/5
	MKTTn	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5b	5/5
Rape seed meal	RVS	0/5	0/5	5/5	5/5	5/5
	MSRV	0/5	0/5	5/5	5/5	5/5
	MKTTn	0/5	0/5	5/5d	5/5e	5/5e
Wheat grain	RVS	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5	5/5
	MSRV	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5	5/5
	MKTTn	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5	5/5
Scrapings from feed mill	RVS	0/5	0/5	5/5d	5/5c	5/5a
	MSRV	0/5	0/5	5/5	5/5	5/5
	MKTTn	0/5	0/5	5/5e	5/5e	5/5e

a = One negative BGA plate.

b = Two negative BGA plates.

c = Three negative BGA plates.

d = Four negative BGA plates.

e = Five negative BGA plates.