Salmonella enterica: Survival, Colonization, and Virulence Differences among Serovars

Table 6

Examples of Salmonella serovars profiles from samples of ground chicken collected in the US [36].

Salmonella serovar	% total serotyped
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Kentucky	26.53	18	16	20	12.89	31.91	42	24.81	28.57	30.88
Enteritidis	4.08		4.8		1.8	31.91	16	25.56	20	29.41
Heidelberg	18.37	26	29.6	25.71	1.55	12.77	16	20.3	24.76	10.29
Typhimurium	12.24	10	9.6	0.95	1.8	6.38	4	6.02	5.71	7.35
^aI 4, 5, 12:i:-					0.26	2.13	4	5.26	0.95	4.41
Braenderup					0.26					2.94
Infantis	4.08		3.2	3.81	0.52		3	2.26	1.9	1.47
Montevideo			4.8	1.9	1.29				1.9
Schwarzengrund	2.04	20	3.2		1.29		3	1.5
Hadar	6.12	4	3.2	27.62	0.26	2.13	1
Thompson	4.08	4	3.2	5.71	1.03	2.13		2.26

Prior to 2004, isolates fitting the designation were included in the unidentified isolates category.