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2023 Animal Data

Brucella 

Table 1 Prevalence of Brucella across bovine, ovine and caprine herds.

Matrix Total number of herd Number of infected herds Number of herds with status officially free
Cattle 107621 0 107621
Ovine and caprine 50983 0 50983

Table 2 Prevalence of Brucella across different species of animals.

Sampling strategy Sample stage Animal Total number of animals tested Samples positive Percentage positive %
Objective sampling Official Bovine 1275 0 0
Horses 3 0 0
Monkey 1 0 0
Ovine 3 0 0

Campylobacter 

Table 3 Prevalence of Campylobacter across different species of animals. 

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage Animal Total no. of animals tested Samples Positive % Positive
Objective sampling Official Alpaca 3 0 0.0
Calves under 1 year 1511 87 5.8
Cervine 1 0 0.0
Curlew 1 1 100.0
Dairy cows 9 0 0.0
Dogs 23 3 13.0
Fattening pigs 18 0 0.0
Goats 13 0 0.0
Horses 1 0 0.0
Sheep 582 36 6.2

Coxiella 

Table 4 Prevalence of Coxiella across different species of animals. 

Sampling strategy Sample stage Animal Total number of animals tested Samples positive Percentage positive %
Objective sampling Official Alpaca 3 0 0.0
Calves 64 0 0.0
Cervine 1 0 0.0
Dairy cows 1007 53 5.3
Horses 1 0 0.0
Milk goats 5 0 0.0
Porcine 1 0 0.0
Sheep 190 2 1.1
Suspect sampling Private Drill monkey-wild/zoo animal 1 0 0.0

Listeria monocytogenes 

Table 5 Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes across different species of animals.

Sampling strategy Sample stage Animal Total number of animals tested Samples positive Percentage positive %
Objective sampling Official Cattle 3142 41 1.3
Sheep 1401 10 0

Mycobacterium 

Table 6 Prevalence of mycobacterium across bovine herds.

Animal Total number of herds Number of infected herds Number of herds with status officially free
Cattle 107621 5172 104373

Table 7 Prevalence of mycobacterium across different species of animals.

Sampling strategy Sample stage Animal Total number of animals tested Samples positive Percentage positive %
Objective sampling Official Badgers 1137 562 49.4
Fox 1 0 0.0
Goats 31 21 67.7
Hen 2 0 0.0
Pigs 8 1 12.5
Wild deer 122 56 45.9
Suspect sampling Private Alpaca 86 62 72.1
Cat 1 0 0.0
Elephant 36 3 8.3
Mara 2 0 0.0
Sheep 1 0 0.0
Wild bird(raven) 1 0 0.0

Salmonella in animals

Table 8 Prevalence of Salmonella across different species of animals.

Sampling Strategy Sample Stage Animal Total no. of animals tested Samples Positive % Positive
Objective sampling Official Aborted calves 1286 38 3.0
Adult cattle over 2 years 237 3 1.3
Badgers 1 0 0.0
Broiler 116 0 0.0
Calves under 1 year 1330 6 0.5
Captive birds 20 0 0.0
Cervine 11 0 0.0
Dog 1 0 0.0
Duck 46 2 4.3
Goats 17 0 0.0
Goose 8 0 0.0
Hen 98 0 0.0
Lagomorph 3 0 0.0
Pheasant 12 0 0.0
Pigeon 1 0 0.0
Pigs 643 2 0.3
Pullets 2 0 0.0
Rooster 2 0 0.0
Sheep 963 6 0.6
Swan 5 0 0.0
Table egg layer 61 0 0.0
Turkey 30 0 0.0
Unspecified exotic animal 12 0 0.0
Vulpine 1 0 0.0
Suspect sampling Private Flamingo 7 0 0.0
Penguin 4 0 0.0

Salmonella in animal feed 

Table 9 Prevalence of Salmonella across different type of animal feed materials. 

Type of feed material Tested Positive % Positive
Compound feedingstuffs 208 0 0
Feed material of cereal grain origin 95 0 0
Feed material of land animal origin 17 0 0
Feed material of marine animal origin 2 0 0
Feed material of oil seed or fruit origin 114 0 0
Other feed material 37 0 0
Pet food - final product 11 0 0

Salmonella serovars 

Figure 1 Prevalence of Salmonella serovars in various animal species. 

 

Figure 2 Sankey diagram depicting the prevalence of Salmonella serovars in various animal species

Toxoplasma 

Table 10 Prevalence of Toxoplasma across different species of animals. 

Sampling strategy Sample stage Animal Total number of animals tested Samples positive Percentage positive %
Objective sampling Official Goats 3 0 0.0
Sheep 276 50 18.1

Trichinella 

Table 11 Prevalence of Trichinella across different species of animals.

Sampling strategy Sample stage Animal Total number of animals tested Samples positive Percentage positive %
Objective sampling Official Horses 60 0 0
Pigs 1384 0 0
Private Horses 1977 0 0
Pigs 3310897 0 0

Yersinia 

Table 12 Prevalence of Yersinia across different species of animals. 

Sampling strategy Sample stage Animal Total number of animals tested Samples positive Percentage positive %
Objective sampling Official Badger 1 0 0.0
Buffalo 2 0 0.0
Cat 1 0 0.0
Cattle 3609 6 0.2
Cheetah 1 0 0.0
Dog 2 0 0.0
Exotic-alpaca 12 0 0.0
Exotic unspecified 16 0 0.0
Fox 1 1 100.0
Goats 40 0 0.0
Lagomorph 5 0 0.0
Porcine 35 0 0.0
Porcine-fattening pig 258 1 0.4
Sheep 1591 0 0.0
Wild deer 10 0 0.0
Suspect sampling Private Dolphin 1 0 0.0
Seal 1 0 0.0
Tiger 1 0 0.0
Whale 1 0 0.0