Table 2. Animal livers collected from retailers and slaughterhouses and percentage positive for Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Escherichia coli O157:H7, Quebec, Canada, October 2014–March 2017.
| Source and pathogen |
Veal livers |
|
Pork livers |
|
Chicken livers |
|
Beef livers |
Total |
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| No. |
% Positive |
No. |
% Positive |
No. |
% Positive |
No. |
% Positive |
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| Retailer | 59 | 27 | 19 | 41 | 146 | |||||||
| Campylobacter | 35.7 | 16.7 | 10.5 | 28.2 | ||||||||
| Salmonella | 5.1 | 44.4 | 32.0 | 0 | ||||||||
|
E. coli O157:H7 |
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
|
| Slaughterhouse | 38 | 41 | 58 | 56 | 193 | |||||||
| Campylobacter | 16.2 | 25.6 | 45.6 | 12.7 | ||||||||
| Salmonella | 0 | 2.4 | 19.0 | 0 | ||||||||
|
E. coli O157:H7 |
|
0 |
|
|
2.4 |
|
|
0 |
|
|
0 |
|
| Total | 97 | 68 | 77 | 97 | 339 | |||||||
| Campylobacter | 28.0 | 22.2 | 36.8 | 19.1 | ||||||||
| Salmonella | 3.1 | 19.1 | 22.1 | 0 | ||||||||
| E. coli O157:H7 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||