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Table 1 Fecal and environmental culture results

From: A case study on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium at a dairy farm associated with massive sparrow death

Sampling date

Number of Salmonella-positive samples/total (%)

Lactating cows

Calves

Environment

Total

08 Feb 2008

1a

   

12 Feb

0/90

0/67

6/42 (14 %)

6/199 (3.0 %)

27 Feb

1/89 (1.1 %)

1/66 (1.5 %)

0/41

2/196 (1.0 %)

08 Mar

0/96

0/69

0/47

0/212

18 Mar

0/89

0/70

0/46

0/205

03 Apr

1/88 (1.1 %)

0/71

5/135 (3.7 %)

6/294 (2.0 %)

17 Apr

0/83

0/66

0/51

0/200

07 May

0/84

0/58

0/50

0/192

21 May

0/117

0/33

0/50

0/200

4 Jun

0/110

0/40

0/50

0/200

18 Jun

0/108

0/39

0/50

0/197

16 Jul

0/106

0/43

0/50

0/199

11 Aug

1/90 (1.1 %)

0/54

0/50

1/194 (0.51 %)

14 Aug

N

N

0/23

0/23

1 Sep

0/24

N

N

0/24

16 Sep

0/85

0/63

0/56

0/204

22 Oct

0/89

0/57

0/56

0/202

13 Feb 2009

0/89

0/58

0/50

0/197

Total

3/1437 (0.20 %)

1/854 (0.11 %)

11/847 (1.3 %)

15/3138 (0.48 %)

  1. N not done, a initial case