Table 1.

Summary of the farm samples used for microbiota analysis.

Farm	Incidence of cellulitis	Flock	Age (days)	Swab sample type	No. of samples
H	Unknown	A	33	Litter	8
			84		16
			105		16
		B	49		8
			70		16
			103		16
M	Unknown	A	84	Litter	16
		B	98		16
		C	28		8
			63		16
			98		16
V	Unknown	A	58	Litter	8
			112		14
		B	59		8
			80		16
			115		16
K	Unknown		28	Litter	8
			56		8
			84		8
R	Positive		60	Litter (RL): 4	8
				Bird (RB): 4
Total					246