TABLE 20.
Salmonella in broiler flocks of Gallus gallus before slaughter (flock‐based data) in countries running control programmes in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 2160/2003, 2022.
| Country | N tested flocks | N (%) positive for salmonella spp. | N (%) positive for target serovars | N (%) positive flocks for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. Enteritidis | S. Typhimurium a | ||||
| Austria | 6155 | 169 (2.7) | 8 (0.13) b | 2 (0.03) | 6 (0.10) |
| Belgium | 11,076 | 233 (2.1) | 17 (0.15) | 3 (0.03) | 14 (0.13) |
| Bulgaria | 557 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Croatia | 2844 | 86 (3.0) | 6 (0.21) | 6 (0.21) | 0 |
| Cyprus | 1014 | 14 (1.4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czechia | 4797 | 78 (1.6) | 46 (0.96) | 45 (0.94) | 1 (0.02) |
| Denmark | 3680 | 6 (0.16) | 1 (0.03) | 0 | 1 (0.03) |
| Estonia | 705 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finland | 4017 | 2 (0.05) | 2 (0.05) | 0 | 2 (0.05) |
| France | 59,129 | 1440 (2.4) | 377 (0.64) | 183 (0.31) | 194 (0.33) |
| Germany | 26,282 | 228 (0.87) | 9 (0.03) | 5 (0.02) | 4 (0.01) |
| Greece | 8504 | 13 (0.15) | 3 (0.04) | 2 (0.02) | 1 (0.01) |
| Hungary | 7119 | 2 (0.03) | 2 (0.03) | 1 (0.01) | 1 (0.01) |
| Ireland | 3295 | 13 (0.40) | 1 (0.03) | 1 (0.03) | 0 |
| Italy | 27,049 | 5766 (21.3) | 55 (0.20) | 45 (0.17) | 10 (0.04) |
| Latvia | 749 | 11 (1.5) | 2 (0.27) | 1 (0.13) | 1 (0.13) |
| Lithuania | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | 9 | 1 (11.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malta | 453 | 21 (4.6) | 4 (0.88) | 0 | 4 (0.88) |
| Netherlands | 15,547 | 497 (3.2) | 35 (0.22) | 25 (0.16) | 10 (0.06) |
| Poland | 48,868 | 223 (0.46) | 112 (0.23) | 111 (0.23) | 1 (< 0.01) |
| Portugal | 10,315 | 20 (0.19) | 4 (0.04) | 0 | 4 (0.04) |
| Romania | 14,078 | 293 (2.1) | 14 (0.10) | 10 (0.07) | 4 (0.03) |
| Slovakia | 2775 | 33 (1.2) | 4 (0.14) | 4 (0.14) | 0 |
| Slovenia | 2508 | 353 (14.1) | 3 (0.12) | 0 | 3 (0.12) |
| Spain | 38,352 | 1229 (3.2) | 50 (0.13) | 11 (0.03) | 39 (0.10) |
| Sweden | 4047 | 9 (0.22) | 8 (0.20) | 0 | 8 (0.20) |
| United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) | 6404 | 7 (0.11) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EU Total (27 + XI) | 310,465 | 10,747 (3.5) | 763 (0.25) b | 455 (0.15) | 308 (0.10) |
| Iceland | 685 | 12 (1.8) | 1 (0.15) | 0 | 1 (0.15) |
| Norway | 4679 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 633 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
a
Salmonella Typhimurium, including monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium with the antigenic formula 1,4,[5],12:i:‐.
b
Austria amended the data in the last phase of the preparation of the present report. The number of positive flocks for target serovars was seven instead of eight with a prevalence of (0.11%). One flock was positive for both S. Typhimurium and monophasic S. Typhimurium.