Carriage Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Poultry and Cattle in Northern Algeria

Table 2

Distribution of S. aureus and MRSA strain.

	Laying hens; n=1875	Broiler; n=6500	Bovine; n=465
Nb analysed samples	1875/8840	6500/8840	465/8840
(%)	(21%)	(74%)	(5%)
Nb S. aureus	786/1875	789/6500	258/465
(%)	(42%)	(12%)	(55%)
Nb MRSA	448/786	416/789	80/258
(%)	(57%)	(53%)	(31%)