TABLE 2.

Sample level prevalence of Salmonella in poultry farms and associated risk factors in Adama and Modjo towns

Characteristics	Categories	No. of samples examined	No. (%) of positive samples	Chi‐square	p‐value
Towns	Adama	354	20 (5.7)	17.0	<.001
	Modjo	482	4 (0.8)
Age in months	<6	388	14 (3.6)	1.7	.427
	6–14	272	7 (2.6)
	≥14	176	3 (1.7)
Source of birds	Farm A	297	5 (1.7)	4.8	.089
	Farm B	365	10 (2.7)
	Unknown	176	9 (5.2)
Type of commodity	Layer	614	17 (2.8)	0.1	.769
	Broiler	222	7 (3.2)
Type of sample	Cloacal swab	334	1 (0.3)	19.0	<.001
	Feces	384	21 (5.5)
	Feed	59	0 (0.0)
	Floor swab	59	2 (3.4)
Total		836	24 (2.9)