Table 4

Cattle with VTEC O157:H7-positive faecal samples, distributed according to sampling season.

Month
No. positive
No. sampled
%

May
4
361
1.1
June
0
258
0
July
8
228
3.5
August
8
318
2.5
September
3
252
1.2
October
4
310
1.3
November
1
289
0.3
December
0
148
0.7
January
0
195
0
February
7
223
3.1
March
0
166
0
April
2
323
0.6

Total
37
3071
1.2

* For April, May, June and August the figures include samples from both 1996 and 1997.

Albihn et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2003 44:43   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-44-43