Table 2.
Description and BLAST analysis of samples collected from poultry abattoirs in Lusaka.
| Site of Swabbing | Abattoir | Listeria spp. | Accession Number |
Blast Analysis Similarity Score (%) | Reference Accession Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloacal | A | L. welshimeri | LC700404 | 97 | LT906444.1 |
| Cloacal | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700405 | 94 | MK883765.1 |
| Cloacal | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700406 | 99.39 | MK883765.1 |
| Cloacal | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700407 | 99.39 | MK883765.1 |
| Cloacal | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700408 | 99.38 | MK883765.1 |
| Exterior surface | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700410 | 99.39 | MK883765.1 |
| Exterior surface | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700412 | 99.70 | MK883765.1 |
| Exterior surface | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700413 | 98.79 | MK883765.1 |
| Exterior surface | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700414 | 100.00 | MK883765.1 |
| Exterior surface | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700415 | 98.79 | MK883765.1 |
| Exterior surface | A | L. welshimeri | LC700411 | 99.39 | CP065605.1 |
| Exterior surface | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700416 | 99.02 | CP054846.1 |
| Exterior surface | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700418 | 98.79 | MK883765.1 |
| Exterior surface | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700420 | 98.48 | CPO54846.1 |
| Exterior surface | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700421 | 99.37 | MK883765.1 |
| Exterior surface | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700422 | 100.00 | AY1135439.1 |
| Exterior surface | A | L. monocytogenes | LC700423 | 94.24 | MK883763.1 |
| Environmental swab | B | L. innocua | LC700409 | 99.70 | KC808562.1 |
| Cloacal | B | L. welshimeri | LC700417 | 98.18 | CP065605.1 |
| Exterior surface | B | L. welshimeri | LC700419 | 96.54 | CPO65605.1 |
| Environmental swab | B | L. welshimeri | LC700424 | 99.39 | KC808562 |
| Environmental swab | B | L. monocytogenes | LC700425 | 99.39 | CPO65605.1 |
| Exterior surface | B | L. monocytogenes | LC700426 | 98.79 | CP065605.1 |