Table 2.

Distribution of sequence types (ST) isolated from chickens hatched from Brown or White Lohmann layer parents sampled at 0 or 24 hour in the hatcher.

				Enterococcus faecalis
Flock	Sampling time (hour)	Number of isolates	ST	Massive growth in pure culture on primary plates	Poor growth in pure culture or mixed growth on primary plates	Total prevalence in % *
Brown	0	5	82	1	4	5.0
Brown	0	2	249	1	1	2.0
Brown	0	2	314	2	0	2.0
Brown	0	1	401	0	1	1.0
Brown	24	1	4	0	1	1.7
Brown	24	14	82	1	13	23.3
Brown	24	3	141	1	2	5.0
Brown	24	16	249	3	13	26.7
Brown	24	1	273	0	1	1.7
Brown	24	1	314	0	1	1.7
Brown	24	1	402	0	1	1.7
Brown	24	1	400	0	1	1.7
Brown	24	5	401	0	5	8.3
White	0	1	177	0	1	0.5
White	24	2	32	1	1	1.7
White	24	9	82	4	5	7.5
White	24	1	100	1	0	0.8
White	24	5	174	2	3	4.2
White	24	3	228	2	1	2.5
White	24	3	273	0	3	2.5
White	24	5	314	1	4	4.2
White	24	2	249	1	1	1.7

* with respect to all 101 isolates confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to be E. faecalis