Research Article
Antibiotic Resistance of Campylobacter Recovered from Faeces and Carcasses of Healthy Livestock
Table 4
Distribution of Campylobacter species in the carcasses and faecal contents of animals.
| Source | Number of samples | C. jejuni | C. doylei | C. coli | C. lari | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Cattle faeces | 16 | 4 (25.0) | 3 (18.7) | 7 (43.7) | 2 (12.5) | Cattle carcass | 38 | 32 (84.2) | 0 (0) | 5 (13.1) | 1 (2.6) | Sheep faeces | 22 | 6 (27.2) | 1 (4.5) | 9 (40.9) | 6 (27.2) | Sheep carcass | 42 | 39 (92.8) | 2 (4.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.3) | Goat faeces | 25 | 9 (36.0) | 0 (0) | 14 (56.0) | 2 (8.0) | Goat carcass | 32 | 26 (81.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (18.7) | Pig faeces | 29 | 14 (48.2) | 0 (0) | 14 (48.2) | 1 (3.4) | Pig carcass | 37 | 28 (28.4) | 1 (2.7) | 4 (10.8) | 4 (10.8) |
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C. doylei = C. jejuni subsp. doylei.
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