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Table 2 Distribution of sequence types (ST) isolated from chickens hatched from Brown or White Lohmann layer parents sampled at 0 or 24 hour in the hatcher.

From: Transmission and genetic diversity of Enterococcus faecalis among layer chickens during hatch

    

Enterococcus faecalis

 

Flock

Sampling time (hour)

Number of isolates

ST

Massive growth in pure culture on primary plates

Poor growth in pure culture or mixed growth on primary plates

Total prevalence in % *

Brown

0

5

82

1

4

5.0

Brown

0

2

249

1

1

2.0

Brown

0

2

314

2

0

2.0

Brown

0

1

401

0

1

1.0

Brown

24

1

4

0

1

1.7

Brown

24

14

82

1

13

23.3

Brown

24

3

141

1

2

5.0

Brown

24

16

249

3

13

26.7

Brown

24

1

273

0

1

1.7

Brown

24

1

314

0

1

1.7

Brown

24

1

402

0

1

1.7

Brown

24

1

400

0

1

1.7

Brown

24

5

401

0

5

8.3

White

0

1

177

0

1

0.5

White

24

2

32

1

1

1.7

White

24

9

82

4

5

7.5

White

24

1

100

1

0

0.8

White

24

5

174

2

3

4.2

White

24

3

228

2

1

2.5

White

24

3

273

0

3

2.5

White

24

5

314

1

4

4.2

White

24

2

249

1

1

1.7

  1. * with respect to all 101 isolates confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to be E. faecalis