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. 2022 Dec 13;20(12):e07666. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2022.7666

Table 28.

Summary of Salmonella statistics related to major animal species, reporting MSs and non‐MS countries, 2021

Animals EU (a) MSs Non‐MS countries
N reporting countries N tested animals Positive animals N reporting countries N tested animals Positive animals
N % N %
Birds (b) 12 13,150 480 3.7 3 336 21 6.3
Cats 5 1,072 50 4.7 2 559 20 3.6
Cattle (bovine animals) 14 26,412 920 3.5 4 5,390 242 4.5
Dogs 8 1,995 53 2.7 2 1,082 46 4.3
Pigs 17 17,927 520 2.9 3 4,517 151 3.3
Small ruminants (c) 9 5,622 505 9.0 3 262 28 10.7
Solipeds 7 616 18 2.9 2 364 11 3.0
Wild boar 3 1,175 78 6.6 1 287 13 4.5
Wild ungulates (d) 3 388 2 0.52 1 1 0 0
Others/Not specified (e) 13 1,969 217 11.0 2 422 68 16.1
Total 20 70,326 2,843 4.0 5 13,220 600 4.5

MSs: Member States.

(a)

: Data from the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) are taken into account for 2021. In accordance with the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU, and in particular with the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the EU requirements on data sampling are also applicable to Northern Ireland.

(b)

: Included in this category: geese, canaries, ducks, parrots, pheasants, Gallus gallus (fowl), owls, partridges, turkeys, doves, falcons, gulls, magpies, night herons, ostriches, peafowl, starlings, swans, poultry (unspecified), guinea fowl, budgerigars, songbirds.

(c)

: Included in this category: sheep and goats.

(d)

: Included in this category: deer and Cantabrian chamois.

(e)

: Included in this category: shellfish, quails, fish, monkeys, pigeons, badgers, foxes, other animals, Leporidae, alpacas, antelopes, Barbary sheep, bats, bears, bison, camels, capybaras, chinchillas, dolphins, dromedaries, ferrets, guinea pigs, hedgehogs, jays, kangaroos, leopards, lions, lynxes, marine mammals, martens, mice, minks, mouflon, other carnivores, otter, passerines, unspecified, Psittacidae, raccoon dogs, rats, reptiles, rodents, seals, snakes, squirrels, Alpine ibex, turtles, water buffalo, wildcats (Felis silvestris), wolves, zoo animals, all, beavers, raccoons, ratites (ostriches, emus, nandus), other ruminants, penguins, moose, reindeer.