Table 1.
|
|
Survey 2 |
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | Negative | Total | ||
Survey 1 |
Positive |
27 |
77 |
104 |
Negative |
60 |
283 |
343 |
|
Total | 87 | 360 | 447 |
Status of Scottish farms (positive or negative) during Survey 1 (SEERAD, 1998-2000) and Survey 2 (IPRAVE, 2002-2004). A positive farm was one in which at least one faecal pat tested positive by Immuno-magnetic separation (IMS) for the presence of E. coli O157.