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. 2009 Feb 3;5:6. doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-5-6

Table 4.

Detection of Salmonella Yoruba 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 Yoruba

		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	5/5	5/5

Soybean 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	5/5	5/5	5/5

Palm kernel meal	RVS	0/5	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5
	MSRV	0/5	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5
	MKTTn	0/5	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5^b

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	5/5^d	3/5^c	5/5^c

Wheat grain	RVS	0/5	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5
	MSRV	0/5	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5
	MKTTn	0/5	0/5	0/5	1/5^a	5/5

Scrapings from feed mill	RVS	0/5	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5
	MSRV	0/5	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5^a
	MKTTn	0/5	0/5	0/5	0/5	5/5^e

a = One negative BGA plate.

b = Two negative BGA plates.

c = Three negative BGA plates.

d = One BGA and one XLD plate negative.

e = Five negative BGA plates.