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Non-human salmonella isolates 2007

30 December 2007

Food environmental testing
Consumer safety
Animal testing

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Annual summary 2007

The Enteric Reference Laboratory confirmed 1001 non-human isolates in 2007 compared with 1417 in 2006.

There has been a reduction in ovine and bovine isolates of S.Brandenburg and ovine isolates of S.Hindmarsh from previous years.

The first isolates of S.Bousso antigenic formula 6,14,25 :z4,z23 : - in New Zealand were confirmed. They were isolated from skinks on an island in the Coromandel region.