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Bacteria in the feces of farm and domestic warm-blooded animalsa.
| Animal |
Log10cells/g wet weight feces |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fecal coliforms | Fecal streptococci | Clostridium perfringens | |
| Chicken | 5.4 | 6.1 | 2.3 |
| Duck | 7.5 | 7.7 | - |
| Horse | 4.1 | 6.8 | < 0 |
| Pig | 6.5 | 7.9 | 3.6 |
| Sheep | 7.2 | 7.6 | 5.3 |
| Turkey | 5.5 | 6.4 | - |
| Cat | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Dog | 7.1 | 9.0 | 8.4 |
Adapted from [83].
