Table 1.
Fecal and environmental culture results
Sampling date | Number of Salmonella-positive samples/total (%) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Lactating cows | Calves | Environment | Total | |
08 Feb 2008 | 1a | |||
12 Feb | 0/90 | 0/67 | 6/42 (14 %) | 6/199 (3.0 %) |
27 Feb | 1/89 (1.1 %) | 1/66 (1.5 %) | 0/41 | 2/196 (1.0 %) |
08 Mar | 0/96 | 0/69 | 0/47 | 0/212 |
18 Mar | 0/89 | 0/70 | 0/46 | 0/205 |
03 Apr | 1/88 (1.1 %) | 0/71 | 5/135 (3.7 %) | 6/294 (2.0 %) |
17 Apr | 0/83 | 0/66 | 0/51 | 0/200 |
07 May | 0/84 | 0/58 | 0/50 | 0/192 |
21 May | 0/117 | 0/33 | 0/50 | 0/200 |
4 Jun | 0/110 | 0/40 | 0/50 | 0/200 |
18 Jun | 0/108 | 0/39 | 0/50 | 0/197 |
16 Jul | 0/106 | 0/43 | 0/50 | 0/199 |
11 Aug | 1/90 (1.1 %) | 0/54 | 0/50 | 1/194 (0.51 %) |
14 Aug | N | N | 0/23 | 0/23 |
1 Sep | 0/24 | N | N | 0/24 |
16 Sep | 0/85 | 0/63 | 0/56 | 0/204 |
22 Oct | 0/89 | 0/57 | 0/56 | 0/202 |
13 Feb 2009 | 0/89 | 0/58 | 0/50 | 0/197 |
Total | 3/1437 (0.20 %) | 1/854 (0.11 %) | 11/847 (1.3 %) | 15/3138 (0.48 %) |
N not done, a initial case