Table 1.

Distribution of Enterococcus from surface water, ground water and poultry litter.

		No. (%) of samples containing:
Sample	n	E. faecalis	E. faecium	E. casseliflavus	E. durans	E. gallinarum	E. hirae	E. mundtii	E. raffinosus	All other species
Surface Water
S1	8	0	4 (50)	0	1 (12.5)	0	0	3 (37.5)	0	0
S2	5	0	3 (60)	2 (40)	0	0	0	0	0	0
S3	8	0	4 (50)	1 (12.5)	0	0	1 (12.5)	0	1 (12.5)	1 (12.5)
S4	10	5 (50)	1 (10)	0	0	0	1 (10)	3 (30)	0	0
S5	2	0	1 (50)	0	1 (50)	0	0	0	0	0
S6	10	4 (40)	4 (40)	0	1 (10)	1 (10)	0	0	0	0
S7	7	1 (14.3)	2 (28.6)	1 (14.3)	2 (28.6)	1 (14.3)	0	0	0	0
S8	10	10 (100)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
S9	9	0	1 (11.1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	8 (88.9)
S10	2	1 (50)	1 (50)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
S11	7	2 (28.6)	1 (14.3)	2 (28.6)	0	0	1 (14.3)	1 (14.3)	0	0
S12	7	0	0	2 (28.6)	1 (14.3)	0	0	4 (57.1)	0	0
Total	85	23 (27.1)	22 (25.9)	8 (9.4)	6 (7.1)	2 (2.4)	3 (3.5)	11 (12.9)	1 (1.2)	9
Ground Water
BC-008	5	0	1 (20)	0	3 (60)	0	1 (20)	0	0	0
91-11	1	1 (100)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
US-02	1	1 (100)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	7	2 (28.6)	1 (14.3)	0	3 (42.9)	0	1 (14.3)	0	0	0
Total Environment	92	25 (27.2)	23 (25)	8 (8.7)	9 (9.8)	2 (2.2)	4 (4.3)	11 (12)	1 (1.1)	9 (9.8)
Poultry Litter
Layers	29	0	29 (100)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Broilers (day 3)	105	30 (28.6)	16 (15.2)	1 (0.95)	1 (0.95)	28 (26.7)	27 (25.7)	0	0	2 (1.9)
Broilers (day 35)	29	6 (20.7)	21 (72.4)	0	1 (3.4)	0	1 (3.4)	0	0	0
Total	163	36 (22.1)	66 (40.5)	1 (0.6)	2 (1.2)	28 (17.2)	28 (17.2)	0	0	2 (1.2)