Research Article

Investigation of the Distribution of Salmonella within an Integrated Pig Breeding and Production Organisation in the United Kingdom

Table 4

Extent of Salmonella infection on study farms.

Percent positive samplesNumber of farms in category
S. Typhimurium (STM)Non-STM Salmonella

0*70 (43.5%)97 (60.2%)
5–2568 (42.2%)51 (31.7%)
30–5013 (8.1%)10 (6.2%)
55–75 8 (5.0%) 1 (0.6%)
80–100 2 (1.2%) 2 (1.2%)

Values in this row indicate the number (and percentage) of farms yielding no isolates of either STM or non-STM Salmonella. Fifty out of the 161 farms did not yield any Salmonella isolates at all.