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Table 2 Salmonella infection in sheep, goats and human fecal samples

From: Salmonella serovars in sheep and goats and their probable zoonotic potential to humans in Suez Canal Area, Egypt

Species

No. examined

Positive cases No. (%)

No. of isolates

Age (years)

Positive/total no. examined (%)

Gender

Health status

Location

≤ 1

1–2

 ≥ 2

Male

Female

Diarrheic

Non diarrheic

Ismailia

Port-Said

Sheep

120

28 (23.3%)

33a

12/32 (37.5%)

12/57 (21.1%)

4/31 (12.9%)

11/62 (17.7%)

17/58 (29.3%)

6/7 (85.7%)

22/113 (19.5%)

14/50 (28%)

14/70 (20%)

Goat

100

7 (7%)

7

1/19 (5.3%)

5/37 (13.5%)

1/44 (2.3%)

1/36 (2.8%)

6/64 (9.4%)

1/4 (25%)

6/96 (6.25%)

4/50 (8%)

3/50 (6%)

    

 ≤ 10

11–20

21–30

31–40

41–50

 ≥ 50

      

Human

100

13 (13%)

14b

1/33 (3.0%)

3/22 (13.6%)

2/18 (11.1%)

4/14 (28.6%)

1/7 (14.3%)

2/6 (33.3%)

6/46 (13%)

7/54 (12.9%)

3/17 (17.6%)

10/83 (12%)

6/50 (12%)

7/50 (14%)

  1. χ2 for human age groups = 8.170, P = 0.147
  2. χ2 for human gender = 0.000, P = 0.990
  3. χ2 for sheep age groups = 5.308, P = 0.070
  4. χ2 for goats age groups = 4.010, P = 0.135
  5. χ2 for sheep gender = 1.621, P = 0.203
  6. χ2 for goats gender = 1.540, P = 0.215
  7. aNumber of sheep Salmonella isolates is higher than number of sheep positive animals because more than one sample yielded more than one Salmonella serotype
  8. bNumber of human Salmonella isolates is higher than number of human positive cases because one sample yielded two different Salmonella serotypes
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147