Salmonella infection in market swine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Salmonella organisms were isolated from samples of mesenteric lymph nodes taken from healthy market swine at an abattoir in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 36 different visits over a 12-month period. Of the 869 samples examined, 160, or 18,4%, were positive for Salmonella. A total of 19 serotypes were isolated of which S. agona was the most prevalent. The findings are compared with observations by other workers.
D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology; D008643:Mesentery / Q000382:microbiology; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000635:transmission; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal; D012703:Serotyping; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology*; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago; D014900:West Indies