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2015 - Non-Human Salmonella isolates annual
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2015 - Non-Human Salmonella isolates monthly
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Annual summary 2015
The Enteric Reference Laboratory confirmed 637 non-human Salmonella isolates in 2015 compared with 729 in 2014.
There was a decrease in the number of:
- Ovine (128 in 2014 vs. 95 in 2015);
- Poultry (86 in 2014 vs. 46 in 2015);
- Environmental isolates (38 in 2014 vs. 11 in 2015).
There was an increase in the number of:
- Bovine isolates (233 in 2014 vs. 310 in 2015);
- S. Typhimurium phage type 56 variant isolates (38 in 2014 vs. 56 in 2015);
- Bovine isolates of S. Bovismorbificans (13 in 2014 vs. 71 in 2015).