TABLE 1.
Prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni and C. jejuni clone SA in feces of feedlot cattle and starlings in the United States
| State | % prevalence of Campylobacter in cattle (no. of isolates/total no. of samples) | No. (%) of cattle isolates |
% prevalence of Campylobacter in birds (no. of isolates/total no. of samples) | No. (%) of bird isolates |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. jejunia | Clone SAb | C. jejunia | Clone SAb | |||
| Iowa | 69.2 (554/800) | 487 (87.9) | 16 (3.3) | NAc | NA | NA |
| Texas | 71.9 (414/576) | 367 (88.6) | 42 (11.4) | 25.8 (23/89) | 23 (100) | 1 (4.3) |
| Missouri | 70.0 (210/300) | 191 (91.0) | 15 (7.9) | 90.9 (10/11) | 10 (100) | 0 |
| Colorado | 78.2 (593/758) | 438 (73.9) | 14 (3.2) | 55.0 (11/20) | 10 (91.0) | 0 |
| Kansas | 70.3 (527/750) | 403 (76.5) | 23 (5.7) | 23.3 (7/30) | 7 (100) | 0 |
| Total | 72.2 (2,298/3,184) | 1,886 (82.1) | 110 (5.8) | 34.0 (51/150) | 50 (98.0) | 1 (2.0) |
a
The percentage is the proportion of C. jejuni isolates among the Campylobacter isolates.
b
The percentage is the proportion of clone SA isolates among the C. jejuni isolates.
c
NA, starling samples were not available.