Table 2. Recovery of Campylobacter spp. from naturally contaminated poultry samples

CCA mCCDA CASA CFA BCCA
Number of samples analyzed 95 95 95 95 95
With suspect Campylobacter spp.1) 21 17 19 26 21
With non-Campylobacter spp. 68 19 3 61 16
Number of colonies analyzed 100 66 110 102 105
Positive colonies (%) 84 (84%) 60 (90%) 110 (100%) 89 (87%) 92 (88%)
False positive colonies (%) 16 (16%) 6 (10%) 0 (0%) 13 (13%) 13 (12%)
Table from Ahmed et al. with permission of Elsevier [52].
Based on typical colony morphology of Campylobacter spp. on respective media.