Table 1.
Prevalence of chlamydiae in different poultry flocks and host species in Poland
| Host species | Number of tested flocks | Number of samples | Number of Chlamydiaceae-positive flocks (%) | Species identification Number of positive flocks (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. psittaci | C. gallinacea | C. abortus | Unclassified | ||||
| chicken | 113 | 1195 | 26 (23.0%) | 1 (3.8) | 19 (73.1) | 4 (15.4) | 2 (7.7) |
| duck | 23 | 225 | 1 (4.3%) | 1 | - | - | - |
| turkey | 28 | 230 | 1 (3.6%) | - | - | - | 1 |
| goose | 18 | 180 | 1 (5.6%) | 1 | - | - | - |
| Total | 182 | 1830 | 29 (15.9%) | 3 (10.3) | 19 (65.5) | 4 (13.8) | 3 (10.3) |