Research Article

Population Diversity of Campylobacter jejuni in Poultry and Its Dynamic of Contamination in Chicken Meat

Table 2

Number of C. jejuni grouped by flaA type, rearing cycle, and sampling point from farms A, B, and C.
(a)

flaA type 12/12/201112/02/201210/05/201217/07/2012
FSCFSCFSCFSC

Farm A1266194
2601
341
491720
1638116483122152
2591
1171
2879105111
67131
6121
128421
142926
3271
141522112
1721112
3011
Total28440355541418210372

(b)

flaA type 19/09/201117/11/2011
FSCFSC

Farm B363132454912
493
111
1611
51
22221293
28762610
Total307015455312

(c)

flaA type 31/03/201212/06/2012
FSCFSC

Farm C26036
231
2653438
1173
28755111
213
222366019
23921
Total41682040473

F = cloacal swabs; S = slaughterhouse line; C = postchilling phase.