Table 1.
Prevalence of Salmonella on the carcasses of swinea
Sample point | Prevalence (%) | No. of serotypes isolated | No. of times the following no. of serotypes was isolated per sample: |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | >5 | |||
Prescald carcasses | 91.2 | 41 | 676 | 563 | 138 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Preeviseration carcasses | 19.1 | 24 | 263 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chilled final carcasses | 3.7 | 9 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A total of 1,520 samples were taken from carcasses at each sampling point (prescald, preeviseration, and after chilling).