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. 2023 Dec 12;21(12):e8442. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2023.8442

TABLE 63.

Summary of Yersinia statistics relating to major animal species, reporting EU MSs and non‐MS countries, 2022.

EU MSs a Non‐MS countries
N reporting countries N tested units b Yersinia enterocolitica positive sampling units Yersinia pseudotuberculosis positive sampling units N reporting countries N tested units b Yersinia enterocolitica positive sampling units Yersinia pseudotuberculosis positive sampling units
N % N % N % N %
Cattle (bovine animals) 3 15,764 51 0.32 54 0.34 1 15 0 0 0 0
Small ruminants (sheep and goats) 5 3416 17 0.50 10 0.29 1 7 0 0 0 0
Pigs 3 2010 4 0.20 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0
Other domestic\farmed animals 2 293 0 0 0 0 1 92 0 0 0 0
Pet animals 3 1965 2 0.10 6 0.31 1 1112 1 0.09 2 0.18
Wild animals (e.g. deer, wild boar, fallow deer, foxes) 3 224 3 1.3 2 0.89 1 5 0 0 0 0
Zoo animals 1 24 3 12.5 2 8.3 1 171 0 0 2 1.2
Other (unspecified habitat) 2 9 0 0 3 33.3 1 1 0 0 1 100
Total 5 23,705 80 0.34 77 0.32 1 1409 1 0.07 5 0.35

Abbreviation: MSs, Member States.

a

For the 2021–2022 period, data on animals from the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) were taken into account. In accordance with the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU, and in particular with the Ireland/Northern Ireland protocol, the EU requirements on data sampling are also applicable to the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland).

b

Summary statistics were obtained by summing all sampling units (animals and herds).