Table 1 |
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Prevalence of MR-CNS strains detected in samples from livestock, chicken carcasses, bulk tank milk, minced meat, and contact persons. |
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Origin |
No. of sampled animals, humans and products |
No. of MR-CNS positive samples (%) |
No. of MR-CNS isolates |
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Pigs (from 241 farms)1) |
7163) |
260 (36.3) |
260 |
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Cows (from 253 farms)1) |
3404) |
177 (52.1) |
180 |
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Calves (from 187 farms)1) |
3004) |
216 (72.0) |
218 |
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Chicken (from 72 farms)2) |
72 |
35 (48.6) |
38 |
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Bulk tank milk (from 100 farms) |
100 |
62 (62.0) |
62 |
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Minced meat |
111 |
36 (32.4) |
36 |
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Veterinarians1) |
133 |
80 (60.2) |
84 |
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Pig farmers1) |
148 |
100 (67.6) |
105 |
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Slaughterhouse employees1) |
179 |
47 (26.3) |
48 |
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Total |
2099 |
1013 (48.3) |
1031 |
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1) Nasal swabs. 2) Herd-wise pooled neck skin samples. 3) At most three animals per farm were sampled. 4) At most two animals per farm were sampled. |
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Huber et al. BMC Veterinary Research 2011 7:6 doi:10.1186/1746-6148-7-6 |
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