Microbial Contamination

Country

Sample size

Prevalence (%)

References

Campylobacter

Spain

34 farms

70.6

[26]

USA

-

95-100

[28]

Belgium

6 farms

100 (Summer)

66.7 (Spring)

33.3 (Winter)

[29]

Greece

-

29.4

[30]

UK

28 farms

95 - 100

[31]

South Africa

-

47

[32]

Ireland

510 raw chicken products

84.3

[33]

Salmonella

Italy

196 flocks

1

[34] [35]

Netherlands

196 flocks

7

[34] [35]

Spain

60 flocks

2.9

[26]

Chile

50 carcasses

0

[27]

USA

-

50 - 100

[28]

China

300 fecal swabs

12.7

[36]

Colombia

1003 broiler chickens

27

[37]

Ireland

510 raw chicken products

5.1

[33]

Escherichia coli

Nigeria

6 study areas

11.67

[38]

Ethiopia

194 cloacae swabs

13.4

[40]

Cameroun

150 chickens

92.7

[41]

New Caledonia

150 chickens

96.7

[41]