Table 1. Food Animal Sources of Salmonella Recovered at Federally Inspected Slaughter and Processing Facilities in the Northeastern U.S.1 with Human Isolates Shown for Reference.
| Year | No. Chickens Tested | No. (%) Chickens Positive for Salmonella | No. Cattle Tested | No. (%) Cattle Positive for Salmonella | No. Turkeys Tested | No. (%)TurkeysPositive forSalmonella | No. Swine Tested | No. (%) Swine Positive for Salmonella | Total No. Samples Inspected | Total No. (%) Positive for Salmonella | No. Human Salmonella Received | No. 20 Most Common Human Salmonella |
| 2005 | 1714 | 315 (18.4) | 9,754 | 102 (1.0) | 175 | 39 (22.3) | 2,191 | 61 (2.8) | 13,834 | 517 (3.7) | 1,537 | 549 |
| 2006 | 1,947 | 271 (13.9) | 8,449 | 117 (1.4) | 730 | 74 (10.1) | 2,346 | 78 (3.3) | 13,472 | 540 (4.0) | 1,686 | 749 |
| 2007 | 1,684 | 172 (10.2) | 6,539 | 76 (1.2) | 709 | 49 (6.9) | 1,643 | 27 (1.6) | 10,575 | 324 (3.1) | 1,829 | 706 |
| 2008 | 1,002 | 103 (10.3) | 6,241 | 90 (1.4) | 276 | 43 (15.6) | 1,342 | 26 (1.9) | 8,861 | 262 (3.0) | 1,680 | 645 |
| 2009 | 989 | 95 (9.6) | 4,005 | 19 (0.5) | 376 | 29 (7.7) | 1,099 | 13 (1.2) | 6,469 | 156 (2.4) | 1,706 | 662 |
| 2010 | 1,254 | 146 (11.6) | 3,099 | 29 (0.9) | 573 | 38 (6.6) | 1,137 | 24 (2.1) | 6,063 | 237 (3.9) | 1,749 | 716 |
| 2011 | 1,071 | 92 (8.6) | 4,281 | 39 (0.9) | 375 | 10 (2.7) | 654 | 10 (1.5) | 6,381 | 151 (2.4) | 1,778 | 695 |
| TOTAL | 9,661 | 1,194 (12.4) | 42,368 | 472 (1.1) | 3,214 | 282 (8.8) | 10,412 | 239 (2.3) | 65,655 | 2,187 (3.3) | 11,967 | 4722 |
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Pennsylvania, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Delaware, New Jersey, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Washington, DC.