Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella in Poultry Products in Central Ethiopia

Table 1

Distribution of Salmonella isolates from different locations, breeds, ages, and housing conditions.

Variable	Positive	Total	Prevalence (%)	Χ^2	value
Study areas
Bishoftu	37	208	17.79	0.9106	0.340
Adama	25	176	14.20
Sample type
Egg	14	56	25.00	3.4380	0.179
Fecal	38	259	14.67
Meat	10	69	14.49
Breed
Saso	30	232	12.93	4.3889	0.036
Bovans Brown	32	152	21.05
Age
Young	34	213	15.96	0.0119	0.913
Adult	28	171	16.37
Housing condition
Battery cage 18 system		129	13.95	0.7035	0.402
Deep litter 44 system		135	17.25