Volume 12, Number 12—December 2006
Research
Salmonella Enteritidis in Broiler Chickens, United States, 2000–2005
Table 2
Year | All* | Large† | Small‡ | |||
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No. tested | SE positive (%) | No. tested | SE positive (%) | No. tested | SE positive (%) | |
2000 | 197 | 17 (9) | 128 | 9 (7) | 60 | 8 (13) |
2001 | 186 | 15 (8) | 111 | 10 (9) | 61 | 5 (8) |
2002 | 185 | 22 (12) | 123 | 17 (14) | 53 | 5 (9) |
2003 | 143 | 25 (17) | 103 | 17 (17) | 37 | 8 (22) |
2004 | 160 | 25 (16) | 111 | 16 (14) | 43 | 9 (21) |
2005 | 187 | 47 (25) | 126 | 32 (25) | 48 | 15 (31)
*Establishment size: large >500; small >10 to <500; very small <10 employees. (SE was not isolated in the 54 sets from very small establishments.) Ninety establishments had SE-positive broiler rinses; 63 (70%) were large and 27 (30%) were small. *Establishment size: large >500; small >10 to <500; very small <10 employees. (SE was not isolated in the 54 sets from very small establishments.) Ninety establishments had SE-positive broiler rinses; 63 (70%) were large and 27 (30%) were small. |
*Establishment size: large >500; small >10 to <500; very small <10 employees. (SE was not isolated in the 54 sets from very small establishments.) Ninety establishments had SE-positive broiler rinses; 63 (70%) were large and 27 (30%) were small.
†Test for trend, p<0.0001.
‡Test for trend, p<0.01.