Bacterial isolates No. of isolates
Hatch 1
% of isolates
Hatch 1
No. of isolates
Hatch 2
% of isolates
Hatch 2
No. of isolates
Hatch 3
% of isolates
Hatch 3
Total No. of isolates % of isolates
Escherichia coli 7 50 4 50 7 46.6 18 48.6
Streptococcus spp. 1 7.1 - - 1 6.6 2 5.4
Staphylococcus spp. 2 14.2 2 25 4 26.6 8 21.6
Pseudomonas spp. 4 28.5 2 25 3 20 9 24.3
Total   100%   100   100%   100%
Table 1: Numbers and percentages of bacterial isolates from dead-in-shell embryos from three local hatcheries.