Table 1.
Sample Type | Number C. jejuni-Positive Sample/Total Samples (%) | ||||||
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May | June | July | Aug | Sept | Oct | Total | |
Cows faeces | 4/15 (27) | 8/15 (53) | 8/15 (53) | 12/15 (80) | 10/15 (67) | 7/15 (47) | 49/90 (54) |
Pasture | 1/2 (50) | 1/3 (33) | 2/3 (67) | 3/4 (75) | 4/4 (100) | 2/3 (67) | 13/19 (68) |
Soil | 0/2 (0) | 1/3 (33) | 1/3 (33) | 2/4 (50) | 1/4 (25) | 0/3 (0) | 5/19 (26) |
Water | 0/3 (0) | 0/3 (0) | 1/4 (25) | 0/5 (0) | 1/5 (20) | 2/3 (67) | 4/23 (17) |
Bird droppings | 2/12 (17) | 13/35 (37) | 12/41 (29) | 15/45 (33) | 25/42 (60) | 10/36 (28) | 77/211 (36) |
Rat faeces | 0/0 (0) | 0/0 (0) | 0/0 (0) | 0/1 (0) | 6/6 (100) | 0/0 (0) | 6/7 (86) |
Total | 154/369 (42) |