2020 Zoonoses Animal & Feed Report

Zoonoses in animals

Brucella in animals

Sampling Strategy	Sample Stage	Animal	Total no. of animals tested	Samples Positive	% Positive
Suspect	Private	Cattle	1689	0	0
		Sheep	7	0	0

Campylobacter in animals

Sampling Strategy	Sample Stage	Animal	Total no. of animals tested	Samples Positive	% Positive
Suspect	Private	Calves <1 yr	1165	131	11.2
		Cattle	25	3	12.0
		Dogs	7	0	0.0
		Exotic (not specified)	3	0	0.0
		Fattening pigs	43	2	4.7
		Goats	5	0	0.0
		Horses	2	0	0.0
		Sheep	492	18	3.7

Coxiella in animals

Sampling Strategy	Sample Stage	Animal	Total no. of animals tested	Samples Positive	% Positive
Suspect	Private	Cattle	400	46	11.5
		Goats	9	0	0.0
		Sheep	124	0	0.0

Listeria monocytogenes in animals

Sampling Strategy	Sample Stage	Animal	Total no. of animals tested	Samples Positive	% Positive
Suspect	Private	Alpaca	1	1	100.0
		Cattle	4779	57	1.2
		Dairy cows	443	1	0.2
		Sheep	1264	17	1.3

Mycobacterium in animals

Sampling Strategy	Sample Stage	Animal	Total no. of animals tested	Samples Positive	% Positive
Suspect	Private	Alpaca	35	23	65.7
		Avian cormorant	1	0	0.0
		Badgers	407	172	42.3
		Canine	1	0	0.0
		Deer	87	17	19.5
		Feline	3	1	33.3
		Fox	48	0	0.0
		Goats	4	0	0.0
		Other	1	0	0.0
		Pigs	30	15	50.0
		Sheep	2	0	0.0
		Tortoise	1	0	0.0

Salmonella in animals

Sampling Strategy	Sample Stage	Animal	Total no. of animals tested	Samples Positive	% Positive
Census	Industry	Broiler breeder flocks	220	2	0.9
		Broilers before slaughter	3478	7	0.2
		Laying hens	370	4	1.1
		Turkey breeders	4	0	0.0
		Turkey fatteners	450	12	2.7
	Official	Broiler breeder flocks	220	0	0.0
		Laying hens	323	1	0.3
		Turkey breeders	4	0	0.0
	Official and industry	Broiler breeder flocks	220	2	0.9
		Broilers before slaughter	3478	7	0.2
		Laying hens	370	5	1.4
		Turkey breeders	4	0	0.0
		Turkey fatteners	450	12	2.7
Objective	Official	Broilers before slaughter	110	0	0.0
		Turkey fatteners	56	0	0.0
Suspect	Private	Aborted calves	1737	101	5.8
		Adult cattle	238	2	0.8
		Barn owl	1	0	0.0
		Broiler	36	0	0.0
		Buzzard	1	0	0.0
		Calves <1 yr	1006	8	0.8
		Canine	10	0	0.0
		Cervine	2	0	0.0
		Chaffinch	1	0	0.0
		Duck	18	0	0.0
		Equine	8	0	0.0
		Exotic (not specified)	19	1	5.3
		Fattening pigs	94	23	24.5
		Goats	28	1	3.6
		Lagomorph	9	0	0.0
		Pheasant	5	0	0.0
		Pigeon	2	0	0.0
		Sheep	686	20	2.9

   

Toxoplasma in animals

Sampling Strategy	Sample Stage	Animal	Total no. of animals tested	Samples Positive	% Positive
Suspect	Private	Cattle	45	5	11.1
		Mink (wild)	6	5	83.3
		Sheep	650	183	28.2
		Solipeds	1	0	0.0

Trichinella in animals

Animal	Tested	Positive	% Positive
Breeding pigs	192	0	0
Breeding pigs - boars	781	0	0
Breeding pigs - sows	89536	0	0
Fattening pigs	3455432	0	0
Horses	2307	0	0

Yersinia in animals

Sampling Strategy	Sample Stage	Animal	Total no. of animals tested	Samples Positive	% Positive
Suspect	Private	Cats	6	0	0.0
		Cattle	4779	4	0.1
		Dogs	67	0	0.0
		Goats	48	0	0.0
		Lagomorph	23	0	0.0
		Pheasant	1	1	100.0
		Pigs	477	0	0.0
		Poultry	391	1	0.3
		Sheep	1262	1	0.1
		Solipeds	33	0	0.0

   

Zoonoses in feedstuffs

Salmonella in animal feed materials

Type of feed material	Tested	Positive	% Positive
Feed material for land animals	89	0	0
Feed material of cereal grain origin	135	0	0
Feed material of land animal origin	3	0	0
Feed material of marine animal origin	4	0	0
Feed material of oil seed or fruit origin	59	0	0
Other feed material	31	0	0