Is salmonellosis still a serious problem in veterinary practice?
Wray, C.
Veterinary Record 116(18): 485-489
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-4900 PMID: 4013036 Document Number: 252202
Tables give the number of salmonella incidents in cattle, sheep, swine and poultry in England and Wales each year from 1975 to 1983, in dogs, cats and horses from 1980 to 1983, the annual resistance rate of Salmonella isolates against eight drugs from 1971 to 1983, and the annual number of food poisoning incidents from 1978 to 1982. In cattle, S. dublin is the second most commonly diagnosed cause of abortion; the prevalence of S. typhimurium infection is also increasing. In sheep, the general increase in prevalence has been predominantly associated with S. typhimurium, S. montevideo and S. arizonae. In swine, S. choleraesuis has declined, but S. typhimurium, S. derby and other serotypes have increased. In poultry there appears to be a constant cycling of different serotypes, one new serotype being replaced by another. Economic losses are not known, but are probably high. The increase in antibiotic resistance is confined to S. typhimurium.