Table-1.
Prevalence of major Salmonella serovars in the broiler production chain.
| Serovars | Sources | No. of isolates (% prevalence)a | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||||||
| Commercial farm | Free- range farm | Slaughterhouse | Stall | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| A | B | A | B | A | B | C | |||
| Agona | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5/51 (9.8) |
| Albany | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1/51 (1.9) |
| Corvalis | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5/51 (9.8) |
| Give | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2/51 (3.9) |
| Kentucky | - | - | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16/51 (31.4) |
| Mbandaka | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2/51 (3.9) |
| Schwarzengrund | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 5/51 (9.8) |
| Singapore | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3/51 (5.9) |
| Typhimurium | - | 4 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | 9/51 (17.6) |
| Weltevreden | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3/51 (5.9) |
| No. of isolates (% prevalence)b | 1/51 (1.9) | 8/51 (15.7) | 3/51 (5.9) | 14/51 (27.5) | 4/51 (7.8) | 9/51 (17.6) | 5/51 (9.8) | 7/51 (13.7) | |
a
The prevalence of each serovar found in all sources.
b
The prevalence of Salmonella found in each source