TABLE 3.
Classification of known fecal coliform isolates by source based on ARPs
| Fecal source (n) | No. (%) of database isolates assigned to each source category
|
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human | Chicken | Cow | Dog | Pig | Wild | |
| Human (1,777) | 961 (54.2) | 171 (9.6) | 198 (11.1) | 159 (8.9) | 101 (5.7) | 187 (10.5) |
| Chicken (1,238) | 169 (13.7) | 711 (57.4) | 108 (8.7) | 55 (4.5) | 149 (12.0) | 46 (3.7) |
| Cow (1,420) | 189 (13.3) | 219 (15.4) | 774 (54.5) | 55 (3.9) | 154 (10.9) | 29 (2.0) |
| Dog (288) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.7) | 273 (94.8) | 2 (0.7) | 10 (3.5) |
| Pig (784) | 73 (9.3) | 88 (11.2) | 48 (6.1) | 4 (0.5) | 568 (72.5) | 3 (0.4) |
| Wild (637) | 148 (23.2) | 14 (2.2) | 99 (15.5) | 46 (7.2) | 8 (1.3) | 322 (50.6) |