Table 3.
Seasonal prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7/NM in raw meat of beef, camel, sheep, goat, and water buffalo in Iran.
| Season |
Meat samples
*
|
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beef | Camel | Sheep | Goat | Water buffalo | ||
| Summer | 3/22 (13.6) | 0/13 (0.0) | 2/15 (13.3) | 1/15 (6.7) | 1/10 (10.0) | 7/75 (9.3) |
| Fall | 3/23 (13.0) | 1/11 (9.1) | 1/17 (5.7) | 0/15 (0.0) | 0/10 (0.0) | 5/76 (6.6) |
| Winter | 0/20 (0.0) | 0/13 (0.0) | 0/15 (0.0) | 0/15 (0.0) | 1/10 (10.0) | 1/73 (1.4) |
| Spring | 1/20 (5.0) | 0/13 (0.0) | 0/15 (0.0) | 0/15 (0.0) | 0/10 (0.0) | 1/71 (1.4) |
*
Results expressed as the number of Escherichia coli O157:H7/NM -positive samples / number of samples analyzed (%).