Table 5.

Numbers of zoonotic pathogens in possum and bird fecal samples

Sample	No. of samples tested	Campylobacter spp.		Salmonella spp.		C. parvum		G. lamblia
		No. (%) of PCR-positive samples	Range of bacterial cells and protozoan cysts per g of feces	No. (%) of PCR-positive samples	Range of bacterial cells and protozoan cysts per g of feces	No. (%) of PCR-positive samples	Range of bacterial cells and protozoan cysts per g of feces	No. (%) of PCR-positive samples	Range of bacterial cells and protozoan cysts per g of feces
Possums	40	24 (60)	2 × 105 to 2 × 107	NDa		5 (13)	−b	12 (30)	2.1 × 101 to 1.6 × 103
Birds	38	9 (24)	6.6 × 104 to 6.6 × 106	4 (11)	6.3 × 102 to 1.8 × 103	2 (5)	−b	5 (13)	1.3 × 100 to 1.2 × 102

^aND, not detected.

^bNot quantifiable.