Volume 13, Number 12—December 2007
Dispatch
Use of Fly Screens to Reduce Campylobacter spp. Introduction in Broiler Houses
Birthe Hald*
, Helle M. Sommer†, and Henrik Skovgård‡
, Helle M. Sommer†, and Henrik Skovgård‡Table 1
Campylobacter spp. positive and negative flocks by type of house
| Type of house | Day 21 |
Day 28 |
Day 35 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. positive (%) | No. negative | No. positive (%) | No. negative | No. positive (%) | No. negative | |||
| Fly screened (n = 52) | 3 (5.8) | 49 | 3 (5.8) | 49 | 4 (7.7) | 48 | ||
| Control (n = 70) | 8 (11.4) | 62 | 20 (28.6) | 50 | 30 (45.5) | 36 | ||
