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Table 5 Characteristics of the detected sequence types

From: Longitudinal study on background lesions in broiler breeder flocks and their progeny, and genomic characterisation of Escherichia coli

Sequence type

Prevalence within farma

No. of positive birds/farm

Total no

Serotype(s)

SNP-distance within farmb

SNP-distance between farms

ST10

Farm A1 (4.5%)

1

18 (23.4%)

O71:H40, –:H40

0–7038

Farm C3 (17.6%)

2

7

Progeny B5 (45.5%)

4

1–960

Progeny C9 (75%)

7

0–959

ST23

Farm C1 (5.9%)

1

1 (1.3%)

O78:H17

ST38

Farm C1 (5.9%)

1

1 (1.3%)

O7:H15

ST58

Progeny C1 (8.3%)

1

1 (1.3%)

O86:H30

ST69

Farm B2 (20%)

2

2 (2.6%)

O15:H6

1861

ST95

Farm A13 (59.1%)

11

21 (27.3%)

O2:H5, O1:H7, -:H5

0–3691

0–3691

Farm B 4 (40%)

2

39

Farm C3 (17.6%)

3

0–1

Progeny B1 (9.1%)

1

ST117

Farm C1 (5.9%)

1

1 (1.3%)

-:H4

ST155

Farm C1 (5.9%)

1

2 (2.6%)

O8:H20, O37:H10

2526

Progeny A1 (20%)

1

ST219

Farm C1 (5.9%)

1

3 (3.9%)

O138:H48, –:H48

29–30

Progeny A2 (40%)

2

1

ST362

Farm A2 (9.1%)

1

2 (2.6%)

O7:H6

ST442

Progeny B1 (9.1%)

1

1 (1.3%)

O91:H21

ST457

Farm B3 (30%)

1

3 (3.9%)

O11:H25

ST746

Farm B1 (10%)

1

3 (3.9%)

O100:H30, –:H18

10–7545

Farm C1 (5.9%)

1

Progeny B1 (9.1%)

1

ST770

Farm C1 (5.9%)

1

1 (1.3%)

O15:H16

ST1141

Farm C1 (5.9%)

1

1 (1.3%)

O113:H4

ST1426

Progeny A1 (20%)

1

1 (1.3%)

O8:H16

ST1564

Farm A1 (4.5%)

1

1 (1.3%)

–:H21

ST1882

Progeny C2 (16.7%)

2

2

O23:H4, –:H4

0

ST3270

Progeny A1 (20%)

1

1 (1.3%)

O8:H16

ST6665

Farm C3 (17.6%)

1

3 (3.9%)

O8:H30

ST7321

Progeny B3 (27.8%)

2

3 (3.9%)

O71:H40

0

ST7614

Farm A2 (9.1%)

2

2 (2.6%)

O9:H19

4

ST11774

Farm A3 (13.6%)

3

3 (3.9%)

O46:H31, –:H31

1–4

  1. SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; ST, sequence type
  2. aOnly farms positive for the given ST are listed
  3. bOnly between bird comparison