Fig 1.
Schematic diagram of the stages in the analysis of samples.
The number of samples at each stage are shown.
Fig 2.
Factors affecting the percentage of contaminated chickens.
(A) Variation in the percentage of contaminated chickens from producer companies detected at three stores; (B) Variation in the percentage of contaminated chickens among the three weight classes from the various producer companies.
Table 1.
Prevalence (%) of C. jejuni by country in which the producer was based, the company providing chickens, the store selling the chickens and the weight class of samples chickens.
Table 2.
Presence of 5 virulence factors in colonies grown in Karmali medium that were either positive or negative for C. jejuni, and combined.
Table 3.
Significant interactions among virulence factors in isolates that grew in Karmali medium (n = 146).
Table 4.
Presence (%) of 5 virulence factors in DNA samples from BPW enrichment media of chickens that failed to produce colonies in Karmali medium.
Table 5.
Comparison of prevalence (%) of virulence factors on chickens supplied by Qatari and Saudi Arabian producers.