Table 1.

 Distribution of Campylobacter species in finishing pigs reported in eight studies

Type of material sampled	References	Pigs tested	Herds tested	Type of analysis	Distribution of Campylobacter species (in %) among Campylobacter positive samples
					C. coli	C. jejuni	C. lari
Faeces collected on farm	Schuppers et al., 2005	1,280	64	Pool, Cul	96.3	1.2	–
	Varela et al., 2007a, 2007b	800	80	Ind, Cul	99.2	0.2	0.6
	Fosse et al., 2008b	215	6	Pool, Nb	95.3	4.7	0
Rectal contents collected at slaughterhouse	Minvielle et al., 2007	250	50	Ind, Nb	100	0	0
	Fosse et al., 2008b	430	6	Pool, Nb	100	0	0
Caecal contents collected at slaughterhouse	Steinhauserova et al., 2005	595	–	Ind, Cul	92.8	7.2	0
	Boes et al., 2005	1,244	247	Ind, Cul	97.5	2.5	0
	Harvey et al., 1999	595	4	Ind, Nb	65.7	33.9	0.4

Ind, individual analysis; Pool, pooled samples analysed; Cul, culture; Nb, culture with numbering; –, lack of data.