Table 2. Distribution of potentially pathogenic bacteria in the free-living animal species studied.

Potentially pathogenic species/serotype	Host species
	Vulpes vulpes (n = 286)	Martes foina (n = 65)	Procyon lotor (n = 70)
S. enterica subsp enterica serotype Typhimurium + S. aureus	1	1
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Saintpaul + S. aureus		1
S. enterica subsp. diarizonae + S. aureus	1
L. monocytogenes + S. aureus	2
L. monocytogenes + Y. enterocolitica	1
Y. enterocolitica + S. aureus	1	1
S. enterica subsp. enterica serotype Typhimurium + S. enterica subsp houtenae			1
Total mixed	6	3	1
Salmonella enterica subsp enterica
serotype Typhimurium,	2	2
Saintpaul	1
Infantis	1
Mbandaka,	1
Newport	1	1	1
Enteritidis	1
Salmonella enterica spp diarizonae	1	1
Staphylococcus aureus	23	5	4
Listeria monocytogenes	10	4	3
Listeria ivanovii	1
Yersinia enterocolitica	4	1	2
Total	51 (12,11)	18 (4,27)	12 (2,85)