Table 5.
Virulence profiles of strains of the various Salmonella enterica serovar isolates from the integrated broiler supply chain
| Serotype | Virulence gene | No. of strains | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| avrA | ssaQ | mgtC | siiD | sopB | gipA | sodC1 | sopE | spvC | bcfC | ||
| Salmonella Weltevreden | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | ■ | 29 |
| ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | 18 | |
| Salmonella Agona | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 2 |
| ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 17 | |
| Salmonella Meleagridis | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 1 |
| ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 14 | |
| Salmonella Enteritidis | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | 8 |
| Salmonella Thompson | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 4 |
| Salmonella Senftenberg | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 3 |
| Salmonella Derby | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | ■ | ■ | □ | ■ | 3 |
| Salmonella Stanley | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | □ | ■ | □ | ■ | 1 |
| Salmonella Infantis | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 1 |
| Salmonella Rissen | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | ■ | □ | □ | □ | □ | ■ | 1 |
| Prevalence (%) in the 102 strains | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 51% | 57% | 60% | 8% | 100% | |
■, Indicates the designated virulence gene was present in every strain of the S. enterica serovar tested.
□, Indicates the designated virulence gene was not present in any strain of the S. enterica serovar tested.