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Table 1 Prevalence of isolated Listeria species in beef carcasses (n = 19)

From: Isolation, discrimination, and molecular detection of Listeria species from slaughtered cattle in Namwala District, Zambia

Variable

Prevalence of L. innocua (%)

Prevalence of L. monocytogenes (%)

Prevalence of Listeria species (%)

Abattoir

  1

8 (42.1)

4 (21.1)

12 (63.2)

  2

2 (10.5)

1 (5.3)

3 (15.8)

  3

1 (5.3)

0 (0.0)

1 (5.3)

  4

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

  5

3 (15.8)

0 (0.0)

3 (15.8)

  Totals

14 (73.7)

5 (26.3)

19 (100)