Table 2

XbaI-PFGE types of S. Infantis isolates on 478 cattle farms.


PFGE type*

Year
type 1
type 2
type 3
other types **
Total

1985
9


1
10
1986
9
1

2
12
1987
5
1

3
9
1992
2
1

1
4
1993
11


3
14
1994
15
6

7
28
1995
179
12
11
41
243
1996
70
12
7
27
116
1997
11
2
2
3
18
1998
13
2
2
5
22
1999
7
2

1
10
2000
2


1
3
2001
1


1
2
2002



1
1
2003
1


1***
2


335
39
22
98
494

*Only bands larger than 125 kb of the XbaI profile were regarded. Generally, one PFGE type per farm per year was included. If a farm had several types in the same year, all profiles were included.

**48 different PFGE types.

***A new type not seen previously. Resembles PFGE type 167 (Fig. 2), with two additional bands of 125 and 140 kb.

Lindqvist and Pelkonen Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2007 49:15   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-49-15