Surveillance of zoonotic bacteria in farm animals in The Netherlands. Results from January 1998 until December 2000

To obtain reliable quantitative data on the occurrence of zoonotic bacteria in farm animals in The Netherlands, a surveillance programme was implemented in April 1997. Results for January 1998 through December 2000 are presented in this report. In this period, faecal samples from in total 2,378 flocks/herds of layers, broilers, finishing pigs, dairy cattle and veal calves were examined for the presence of Salmonella spp., Campylobacter spp. and/or verocytotoxin-producing E. coli O157. Questionnaires were used to obtain data for risk factor analyses. For layers, prevalences of salmonella positi... Mehr ...