Evaluation of the sampling plan for a Salmonella monitoring program for slaughter pigs

In the setting of the Salmonella monitoring programme of the Federal Republic of Germany the sampling plan does not take into account prevalences occuring in reality. Hence, in most farms the testing effort will increase. This particularly applies to pig farms up to 100 fatteners, for which the prop...

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Published inDTW. Deutsche tierarztliche Wochenschrift Vol. 111; no. 5; p. 212
Main Authors Osterkorn, K, Huber, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.05.2004
Subjects
Animals
Female
Germany - epidemiology
Male
Prevalence
Salmonella - isolation & purification
Salmonella Infections, Animal - diagnosis
Salmonella Infections, Animal - epidemiology
Swine
Swine Diseases - diagnosis
Swine Diseases - epidemiology
Germany
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Summary:In the setting of the Salmonella monitoring programme of the Federal Republic of Germany the sampling plan does not take into account prevalences occuring in reality. Hence, in most farms the testing effort will increase. This particularly applies to pig farms up to 100 fatteners, for which the proportion of animals to be tested is too high. Besides, the threshold values determing the allocation to the three quality categories, less than 20%, 20-40%, and more than 40% Salmonella positive fatteners, are also chosen too high.
ISSN:0341-6593