Table 4 Comparison of results of sampling of 26 Salmonella infected broiler flocks at 3 weeks of age, and at slaughter age by 5 pairs of sock samples.
No. of Salmonella positive samples at slaughter age | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
No. of | 1 | 10 | 10 | |||||
Salmonella | 2 | 2 | 3 | |||||
positive | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||
samples at | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
3 weeks of age | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |||
16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 26 | ||||