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. 2020 Feb 16;315:108382. doi: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2019.108382

Table 7.

Combined unadjusted Salmonella prevalence and three most numerous serovars for food animal type and various sample types, 1953–2016.

Animal species Sample stage Sample type No. of samples tested No. of samples positive (%) Number of isolates typed to serovara (%) Ranking of most commonly typed Salmonella enterica serovars
1
2
3
Serovar name No.
(%)
Serovar name No.
(%)
Serovar name No.
(%)
Buffalo Gut Faeces/Rectal swab 2237 53 (2.4)
Meat/organ Bile 900 12 (1.3)
Meat/organ Lymph node 999 8 (0.8)
Meat/organ Meat 88 10 (11.4)
TOTAL 4224 83 (2.0) 83 (100) Typhimurium 35 (42.2) Dublin 13 (15.7) Anatum 8 (9.6)
Camel Gut Faeces/Rectal swab 811 33 (4.1)
Gut Intestine 450 32 (7.1)
Meat/organ Liver 269 20 (7.4)
Meat/organ Lymph node 886 95 (10.7)
Meat/organ Meat 403 54 (13.4)
Meat/organ Spleen 169 24 (14.2)
TOTAL 2988 258 (8.6) 251 (97.3) Saintpaul 49
(19.5)
Typhimurium 27
(10.8)
Branderup 26
(10.4)
Cattle Gut Faeces/Rectal swab 8683 517 (6.0)
Gut Intestine 3090 143 (4.6)
Meat/organ Carcass 6019 162 (2.7)
Meat/organ Gallbladder/bile 6558 135 (2.1)
Meat/organ Heart 37 1 (2.7)
Meat/organ Kidney 126 6 (4.8)
Meat/organ Liver 1248 40 (3.2)
Meat/organ Lymph node 3835 139 (3.6)
Meat/organ Meat 23,998 1050 (4.4)
Meat/organ Meat rinse 4396 19 (0.4)
Meat/organ Spleen 42 1 (2.4)
Meat/organ Tongue 13,680 199 (1.5)
Meat/organ Tripe 403 23 (5.7)
External Hide 177 74 (41.8)
TOTAL 72,292 2509 (3.5) 1637 (65.2) Typhimurium 289
(17.7)
Anatum 124
(7.6)
Enteritidis 120
(7.3)
Goat Gut Faeces/Rectal swab 1411 30 (2.1)
Gut Intestine 685 5 (0.7)
Meat/organ Carcass 309 49 (15.9)
Meat/organ Gallbladder/bile 625 0 (0.0)
Meat/organ Liver 160 3 (1.9)
Meat/organ Lymph node 911 33 (3.6)
Meat/organ Meat 583 24 (4.1)
Meat/organ Spleen 160 2 (1.3)
External Skin 60 3 (5.0)
TOTAL 4904 149 (3.0) 47 (32.4) Typhimurium 18
(12.4)
Typhi 5
(3.4)
Amersfoort
Poona
Derby
“Other”/UT
2
(1.4)
Pig Gut Caeca/Intestine 510 92 (18.0)
Gut Faeces/Rectal swab 2074 372 (17.9)
Meat/organ Carcass 371 22 (5.9)
Meat/organ Gallbladder/bile 660 4 (0.6)
Meat/organ Heart 1 0 (0.0)
Meat/organ Kidney 4 0 (0.0)
Meat/organ Liver 121 18 (14.9)
Meat/organ Lymph node 1184 173 (14.6)
Meat/organ Meat 425 51 (12.0)
Meat/organ Tongue 117 30 (25.6)
TOTAL 5467 762 (13.9) 478 (62.7) Hadar 85
(17.9)
Group O:2 48
(10.0)
Saintpaul 46
(9.6)
Poultry Gut Caeca/Intestine 1997 360 (18.0)
Gut Faeces/Cloaca swab 10,060 1321 (13.1)
Meat/organ Carcass 1752 335 (19.1)
Meat/organ Gallbladder 279 19 (6.8)
Meat/organ Giblets 42 18 (42.9)
Meat/organ Gizzard 876 267 (30.5)
Meat/organ Heart 452 38 (8.4)
Meat/organ Kidney 90 0 (0.0)
Meat/organ Liver 1852 180 (9.7)
Meat/organ Meat 6578 712 (27.3)
Meat/organ Spleen 425 20 (4.7)
External Feathers 120 61 (50.8)
External Skin 907 284 (31.3)
TOTAL 25,430 3615 (14.2) 2098 (58.0) Enteritidis 464
(22.1)
Typhimurium 311
(14.8)
Typhi 174
(8.3)
Sheep Gut Faeces/Rectal swab 2370 97 (4.1)
Gut Intestine 1797 28 (1.6)
Meat/organ Carcass 381 25 (6.6)
Meat/organ Gallbladder/bile 2305 31 (1.3)
Meat/organ Heart 207 0 (0.0)
Meat/organ Kidney 9 0 (0.0)
Meat/organ Liver 190 4 (2.1)
Meat/organ Lymph node 2817 71 (2.5)
Meat/organ Meat 936 68 (7.3)
Meat/organ Spleen 181 1 (0.6)
External Skin 142 7 (4.9)
TOTAL 11,335 332 (2.9) 165 (49.7) Typhimurium 68 (20.5) Enteritidis 14 (4.2) Eastbourne 11 (3.3)

UT = Untypeable.

a

Serovars were excluded from number of isolates typed to serovar if numbers of isolates identified were not stated.