Table 2.

Prevalence of Yersinia spp. in faeces of clinically healthy wild deer

Country	Animal species	Animals studied, n	Yersinia-positive animals, n (%)	Identified Yersinia spp. (no. of strains)	Ref.
Italy	Red deer	60	14 (23%)	Y. kristensenii (13)	[10]
				Y. enterocolitica (1)
	Roe deer	13	1 (8%)
	Chamois	7	0
Japan	Sika deer	215	8 (4%)	Y. pseudotuberculosis (8)	[11]
New Zealand	Red deer	83	26 (31%)	Y. enterocolitica (13)	[9]
				Y. kristensenii (1)
				Y. intermedia (1)
				Y. frederiksenii (11)
	White-tailed deer	40	3 (8%)	Y. enterocolitica (2)
				Y. frederiksenii (1)
Norway	Red deer	170	10 (6%)	Y. enterocolitica (13)	[12]
				Y. mollaretii (1)
				Y. pseudotuberculosis (1)