Animal Salmonella surveillance in Peninsular Malaysia, 1981-1985.
During the 5-year (1981-5) surveillance period, 2322 salmonella isolations were recorded from animals and other non-human sources in Peninsular Malaysia. This was an increase of 356% over the preceding 5-year period. The 83 serotypes isolated were recovered from 41 sources. Of these 34 were new serotypes bringing the total number of serotypes isolated from non-human sources to date up 97. Food animals and edible animal products accounted for 92.2% of the total isolations, with cattle and beef accounting for 70% of the total. Salmonella dublin was the most frequently isolated serotype, whereas S. typhimurium had the widest zoological distribution. More than 80% of the non-human salmonella serotypes have also been reported in man in this country.
Joseph
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Veterinary Research Institute, Ipoh, Malaysia.
Sivanandan
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Yee
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D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000382:microbiology*; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D008296:Malaysia; D012475:Salmonella / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012703:Serotyping