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Non-human salmonella isolates 2018

31 December 2018

Animal testing
Consumer safety
Food environmental testing

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Annual summary 2018

The Enteric Reference Laboratory confirmed 848 non-human Salmonella isolates in 2018 compared with 972 in 2017.

There was a decrease in the number of:

  • Bovine isolates (615 in 2018 vs. 700 in 2017);
  • Food isolates (16 in 2018 vs. 30 in 2017);
  • Meat/Bone Meal isolates (5 in 2018 vs. 36 in 2017);
  • S. Brandenburg isolates (106 in 2018 vs. 137 in 2017);
  • S. Infantis isolates (8 in 2018 vs. 26 in 2017);
  • S. Typhimurium phage type 56 variant isolates (36 in 2018 vs. 59 in 2017);
  • S. Typhimurium phage type 101 isolates (62 in 2016 vs. 92 in 2017);

There was an increase in the number of:

  • S. Typhimurium phage type 42 isolates (18 in 2018 vs. 8 in 2017);
  • S. Typhimurium phage type 135 isolates (25 in 2018 vs. 11 in 2017);