Table 5.
Conventional quantification of isolates and molecular detection from A. fumigatus complex in the three slaughterhouses.
| Sampling Sites | Fungal Quantification | Fungal Detection | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poultry slaughterhouse (PS) | Air (CFU/m3) | Surfaces (CFU/m2) | Real-time PCR (Ct, cycle threshold) |
| Birds hanging | - | - | n. d. |
| Reception | - | - | n. d. |
| Stacker | 10 | - | 35.7 |
| Bleeding | 30 | - | 35.92 |
| Evisceration | 10 | - | 36.53 |
| Cutting | - | - | n.d. |
| Swine and bovine slaughterhouse (SBS) | Air (CFU/m3) | Surfaces (CFU/m2) | Real-time PCR (Ct, cycle threshold) |
| Gut room swine | - | - | 33.91 |
| Gut room bovine | 10 | - | n.d. |
| Bleeding swine | - | - | 33.53 |
| Cutting swine | - | - | 33.61 |
| Bleeding bovine | - | - | n.d. |
| Cutting bovine | 35.89 | ||
| Large animal slaughterhouse (LAS) | Air (CFU/m3) | Surfaces (CFU/m2) | Real-time PCR (Ct, cycle threshold) |
| Bovine line | - | - | n.d. |
| Paws room | - | - | 35.85 |
| Heads room | - | - | n. d. |
| Gut room | - | - | n.d. |
| Expedition | - | - | 34.47 |
n.d.: not detected.