Antimicrobial Resistance in Poultry Farming: A Look Back at Environmental Escherichia coli Isolated from Poultry Farms during the Growing and Resting Periods

Table 5

Location and numbers of bla_TEM-positive E. coli during the resting and growing periods.

Locations	blaTEM positive/number of E. coli isolates (%)
	Resting period	Farm	Growing period	Farm
Inside the housing
Cloacal swabs	0/0	—	9/9 (100)	A, B, C
Floors	3/5 (60)	B	15/18 (83.3)	B, C
Husks	0/0	—	4/5 (80)	A, C
Nipples	1/1 (100)	B	16/16 (100)	A, B, C
Pan feeders	1/1 (100)	B	13/14 (92.8)	B, C
Outside the housing
Insects	0/1	—	1/1	A
Pipe of wastewater	0/1	A	0/0	—
Boots	0/1	—	7/7 (100)	A, B, C
Soil	3/7 (42.8)	A, B	3/3 (100)	B, C
Wastewater	5/6 (83.3)	A, B, C	2/5 (20)	B, C
Water from cooling pads	1/2 (50)	B	1/1 (100)	B
Water in tanks	1/1 (100)	B	0/0	—
Total	15/26 (57.7)		71/79 (89.9)