Table 3 Serotype and biotype distribution of Y.enterocolitica isolates
|  | Animal (n = 152) | Food (n = 23) | Human (n = 12) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pig (n = 121) | Sheep (n = 17) | Cattle (n = 6) | Rat (n = 5) | Chicken (n = 3) | ||||
Biotype | 1A | 41/33.9% | 10/58.8% | 6/100% | 5/100% | 3/100% | 20/87.0% | 4/33.3% |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/13.0% | 0 | |
3 | 4/3.3% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | 76/62.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8/66.7% | |
5 | 0 | 7/41.2% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Serotype | O:3 | 78/64.5% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5/41.7% |
O:5 | 30/24.8% | 2/11.8% | 6/100% | 5/100% | 2/66.7% | 6/26.1% | 0 | |
O:8 | 5/4.1% | 12/70.6% | 0 | 0 | 1/33.3% | 5/21.7% | 1/8.3% | |
O:9 | 8/6.6% | 2/11.8% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8/34.8% | 1/8.3% | |
O:53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/4.4% | 0 | |
O:1,2,5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
O:5,8,9 | 0 | 1/5.9% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1/8.3% | |
Nag | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3/13.0% | 4/33.3% | |