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Non-human salmonella isolates 2017

26 December 2017

Food environmental testing
Animal testing
Consumer safety

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Annual summary 2017

The Enteric Reference Laboratory confirmed 972 non-human Salmonella isolates in 2017 compared with 684 in 2016.

There was an increase in the number of:

Bovine isolates (383 in 2016 vs. 700 in 2017);

  • S. Bovismorbificans isolates (135 in 2016 vs. 292 in 2017);
  • S. Brandenburg isolates (127 in 2016 vs. 137 in 2017);
  • S. Typhimurium phage type 9 variant isolates (12 in 2016 vs. 20 in 2017);
  • S. Typhimurium phage type 56 variant isolates (43 in 2016 vs. 59 in 2017);
  • S. Typhimurium phage type 101 variant isolates (45 in 2016 vs. 92 in 2017);
  • S. Typhimurium phage type 108/170 variant isolates (21 in 2016 vs. 34 in 2017)

There was a decrease in the number of:

  • Ovine (69 in 2016 vs. 60 in 2017);
  • S. Hindmarsh variant isolates (48 in 2016 vs. 27 in 2017)