Table 4.

Score values for 43 Aeromonas species of broiler chicken identified by MALDI Biotyper

Category	Score range	Identification level	Aeromonas species
			A. hydrophila		A. caviae		A. sobria
			No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
1	2.3–3	Species	9/22	40.90	4/12	33.33	4/9	44.44
2	2–2.29	Species	12/22	54.54	8/12	66.66	4/9	44.44
3	1.7–1.9	Genus	1/22	4.54	0/12	0	1/9	11.11
4	0–1.6	Not identified	0/22	0	0/12	0	0/9	0