Table 3.: Prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in the 221conventional and organic poultry samples.

  Prevalence of Campylobacter in chicken & turkey isolates 
Species Chicken Turkey Poultry
Conventional Organic Total Conventional Organic Total Conventional Organic Total
np/n (%) np/n (%) np/n (%) np/n (%) np/n (%) np/n (%) np/n (%) np/n (%) np/n (%)
C. jejuni 26/85 (31) 16/71 (23) 42/156 (30) 8/65 (12) 0 8/65 (12) 34/150 (23) 16/71 (23) 50/221 (23)
C. coli 5/85 (6) 3/71 (4) 8/156 (5) 3/65 (5) 0 3/65 (5) 8/150 (5) 3/71 (4) 11/221 (5)
Both 1/85 (1) 2/71 (3) 3/156 (2) 0/65 (0) 0 0/65 (0) 1/150 (0.7) 2/71 (3) 3/221 (1)
Total Campylobacter 32/85 (38) 21/71 (30) 53/156 (34) 11/65 (17) 0 11/65 (17) 43/150 (29) 21/71 (30) 64/221 (29)

* np: no. of positive samples, n: no. of samples collected.