TABLE 2.
Number of dairy herds containing S. aureus isolates with different PFGE types in three Canadian provinces
No. of PFGE types/herd | No. of dairy herds in:
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Total
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Ontario
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Quebec
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PEI
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
1 | 16 | 53.3 | 15 | 62.5 | 3 | 75.0 | 34 | 58.6 |
2 | 9 | 30.0 | 5 | 20.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 24.1 |
3 | 2 | 6.7 | 3 | 12.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 6 | 10.3 |
4 | 3 | 10.0 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 6.9 |
Total farms | 30 | 100.0 | 24 | 100.0 | 4 | 100.0 | 58 | 100.0 |