Table 4. Prevalence of opportunistic pathogens in quail^*.

Species	# (%) ofquail	Tissue				Sex		Age
		Trachea	Crop	Ceca	Cloaca	Male	Female	Adult	Juvenile	Unknown
E. coli	16	0	1	15	0	9	7	12	3	1
	(32%)		(2.08%)	(38.46%)		(56.25%)	(43.75%)	(75%)	(18.75%)	(6.25%)
Ps. aeruginosa	12	8	2	3	0	5	7	11	1	0
	(24%)	(16.32%)	(4.17%)	(7.69%)		(41.67%)	(58.33%)	(91.67%)	(8.33%)
N. flavescens	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	2	1	0
	(6%)			(2.56%)	(5.26%)	(100%)		(66.67%)	(33.33%)
N. sicca	3	0	0	0	3	1	2	3	0	0
	(6%)				(7.89%)	(33.33%)	(66.67%)	(100%)
S. mitis	9	0	0	1	8	7	2	6	3	0
	(18%)			(2.56%)	(21.05%)	(77.78%)	(22.22%)	(66.67%)	(33.33%)

*Shown are the numbers (percentages) of quail and tissue tested positive.