Table 2.

Salmonella strains isolated from one chicken farm to examine the application of the developed PCR system.

Serovar (no. of isolates)	Isolate no.	flhB-PCR result (182 bp/379 bp)	Serovar (no. of isolates)	Isolate no.	flhB-PCR result (182 bp/379 bp)
Pullorum (10)	Ch4	+/–	Enteritidis (4)	Ch2	–/+
	Ch5	+/–		Ch7	–/+
	Ch8	+/–		Ch11	–/+
	Ch12	+/–		Ch23	–/+
	Ch13	+/–	Indiana (7)	Ch1	–/+
	Ch14	+/–		Ch3	–/+
	Ch16	+/–		Ch9	–/+
	Ch19	+/–		Ch10	–/+
	Ch22	+/–		Ch15	–/+
	Ch24	+/–		Ch17	–/+
Thompson (3)	Ch6	–/+		Ch21	–/+
	Ch18	–/+
	Ch20	–/+

The serotyping of the Salmonella isolates was determined based on the traditional serotyping tests according to the White–Kauffmann–Le Minor scheme.