Non-human Salmonella Isolates, 2016

The Enteric Reference Laboratory confirmed 684 non-human Salmonella isolates in 2016 compared with 627 in 2015.

There was a decrease in the number of:
- Ovine (69 in 2016 vs. 95 in 2015);
- Poultry (24 in 2016 vs. 46 in 2015);
- S. Typhimurium phage type 56 variant isolates (43 in 2016 vs. 56 in 2015);

There was an increase in the number of:
- Bovine isolates (383 in 2016 vs. 310 in 2015);
- Meat/Bone Meal isolates (56 in 2016 vs. 29 in 2015);
- S. Bovismorbificans isolates (135 in 2016 vs. 71 in 2015);
- S. Brandenburg isolates (127 in 2016 vs. 102 in 2015);