Table 2. Prevalence of Clostridium difficile in different animal meat samples
Sample type | Number of samples collected | C. difficile positive samples: Number (%) |
Cow meat | 60 | 8 (13.3)* |
Camel meat | 60 | 5 (8.3) |
Sheep meat | 60 | 1 (1.7) |
Goat meat | 60 | 1 (1.7) |
Total | 240 | 15 (6.3) |
The chi-square statistic is 9.88. The p-value is 0.019. The result is significant at p≤0.05. It was clear that contamination of cow meats is more prevalent followed by camel meats.