TABLE 2.
fla types of strains isolated from the ceca, carcasses, and crates of Campylobacter-negative flocks
| Sample |
fla types (no. of isolates positive/no. tested)
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Flock 6 | Flock 7 | |
| Ceca | Negative | Negative |
| Postslaughter | 1.13 (7/17) | 9.18 (4/4) |
| 1.1 (5/17) | ||
| 7.8 (5, 17) | ||
| Postdefeathering | 1.13 (1/4) | 9.18 (1/1) |
| 1.18 (3/4) | ||
| Postevisceration | 7.18 (5/5) | 9.18 (4/4) |
| Postchilling | Negative | 9.18 (10/11) |
| 3.14 (1/11) | ||
| Crates on arrival at farm | NDa | 10.19 (6/10) |
| 4.4 (3/10) | ||
| 9.18 (1/10) | ||
| Crates on arrival at abattoir | 1.11 (2/21) | 9.18 (13/13) |
| 1.12 (14/21) | ||
| 1.6 (2/21) | ||
| 7.18 (1/21) | ||
| 6.2 (1/21) | ||
| 1.1 (1/21) | ||
| Crate wash | ND | 4.4 (2/5) |
| 9.18 (3/5) | ||
a
ND, not done.