Frequency of Detection of Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and Campylobacter spp. in the Faeces of Wild Rats (Rattus spp.) in Trinidad and Tobago

Table 1

Frequency of isolation of Escherichia coli, Campylobacter spp., and Salmonella spp. from the faecal sample of rats.

Type of bacteria	Number of samples tested	Number (%) of positive samples
Escherichia coli	204	171 (83.8)
Campylobacter spp.	204	7 (3.4)^a
Salmonella spp.	204	4 (2.0)^b

^aConsisted of 4 (57.1%) isolates of C. coli and 3 (42.9%) isolates of C. jejuni.
^bComprised serovars Schwarzengrund, Senftenberg, Rubislaw and an untypable Salmonella.