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Distribution of phylogroups of E. coli strains isolated from the heart, liver, and respiratory tract of broiler during inspection.
| Organ of origin | Phylogroup | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | B1 | B2 | C | D | E | F | Total | |
| Heart | 5 | 4 | 2∗ | 1 | 1 | 2∗ | 1 | 16 |
| Liver | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Respiratory tract | 52 | 40 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 110 |
| Total | 60 | 51 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 137 |
∗Identification of phylogroups B2 (P < 0,001) and E (P = 0,044) was associated with heart samples.
