The New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) was formerly named The Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR).

Non-human salmonella isolates 2016

28 December 2016

Animal testing
Food environmental testing
Consumer safety

Please note: As of 1 July 2025, the New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) is the new name for the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR). Research and reports published prior to this date may reference the organisation’s former name.

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Annual summary 2016

The Enteric Reference Laboratory confirmed 684 non-human Salmonella isolates in 2016 compared with 627 in 2015.

There was a decrease in the number of:
- Ovine (69 in 2016 vs. 95 in 2015);
- Poultry (24 in 2016 vs. 46 in 2015);
- S. Typhimurium phage type 56 variant isolates (43 in 2016 vs. 56 in 2015);

There was an increase in the number of:
- Bovine isolates (383 in 2016 vs. 310 in 2015);
- Meat/Bone Meal isolates (56 in 2016 vs. 29 in 2015);
- S. Bovismorbificans isolates (135 in 2016 vs. 71 in 2015);
- S. Brandenburg isolates (127 in 2016 vs. 102 in 2015);