Table 1.
Frequency and prevalence of Listeria spp. and L. monocytogenes in fecal and agricultural water samples.
| Sample Typeb | Location | No. of Samples | No. of samples positive for (Prevalence in %) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listeria spp.a | L. innocua | L. seeligeri | L. welshimeri | L. monocytogenes | |||
| Fecal | - | 77 | 11 (14) | 6 (8) | 4 (5) | 1 (1) | 22 (29) |
| Near Pond | 64 | 9 (14) | 4 (6) | 4 (6) | 1 (2) | 13 (20) | |
| Near Stream | 13 | 2 (15) | 2 (15) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 9 (69) | |
| Water | - | 132 | 39 (30) | 14 (11) | 20 (15) | 5 (4) | 64 (48) |
| Pond | 80 | 25 (31) | 8 (10) | 15 (19) | 2 (3) | 31 (39) | |
| Stream | 52 | 14 (27) | 6 (12) | 5 (10) | 3 (6) | 33 (63) | |
a
Listeria spp. includes L. innocua, L. seeligeri, and L. welshimeri.
b
In addition to the water samples collected from the pond water, one sediment sample was also collected and tested positive for L. innocua.