Table 1.

Prevalence of Yersinia spp. in faeces of clinically healthy wild ruminants in Switzerland 2011

Animal species	Animals studied, n	Yersinia-positive animals, n (%)	Yersinia spp. (no. of strains)
Cervus elaphus (red deer)	77	9 (12%)	Y. enterocolitica (8)
			Y. kristensenii (1)
Rupicapra rupicapra (chamois)	60	3 (5%)	Y. enterocolitica (1)
			Y. kristensenii (1)
			Yersinia sp. (1)
Capreolus capreolus (roe deer)	55	7 (13%)	Y. enterocolitica (7)
Capra ibex (alpine ibex)	27	1 (4%)	Y. enterocolitica (1)
All species	219	20 (9%)	Y. enterocolitica (17)
			Y. kristensenii (2)
			Yersinia sp. (1)