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CDC EID journal Volume 12 Number 12—December 2006 Main Article

Volume 12, Number 12—December 2006

Research

Salmonella Enteritidis in Broiler Chickens, United States, 2000–2005

Sean F. Altekruse*Comments to Author , Nathan Bauer†, Amy Chanlongbutra*, Robert DeSagun*, Alecia Naugle*, Wayne Schlosser†, Robert Umholtz*, and Patricia White‡
Author affiliations: *US Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service, Washington, DC, USA; †US Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service, College Station, Texas, USA; ‡US Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

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Table 3

Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) phage types from broiler rinses, 2001–2005*

Year SE isolates no. Phage type
PT 13 no. (%) PT 8 no. (%) Other† no. (%) No data‡ no. (%)
2001 17 11 (65) 4 (24) 1 (6) 1 (6)
2002 33 12 (36) 8 (24) 5 (15) 8 (24)
2003 29 13 (45) 14 (48) 1 (3) 1 (3)
2004 58 37 (64) 15 (26) 4 (7) 2 (3)
2005 120 56 (47) 50 (42) 9 (8) 5 (4)
Total 257 129 (50) 91 (35) 20 (8) 17 (7)

*Phage type (PT) data were not available for 2000. Row percents do not sum to 100 because of rounding.
†Other phage types: 13a (7); PT 23 (7); PT 28 (3); PT 2 (2); PT 14B (1).
‡No phage type data were available for 17 isolates.

*Phage type (PT) data were not available for 2000. Row percents do not sum to 100 because of rounding.
†Other phage types: 13a (7); PT 23 (7); PT 28 (3); PT 2 (2); PT 14B (1).
‡No phage type data were available for 17 isolates.

*Phage type (PT) data were not available for 2000. Row percents do not sum to 100 because of rounding.
†Other phage types: 13a (7); PT 23 (7); PT 28 (3); PT 2 (2); PT 14B (1).
‡No phage type data were available for 17 isolates.

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