Salmonella food poisoning - more good news for the pig industry? 05 Feb 2008

Salmonella species are the second most common cause of food poisoning in man after Campylobacter spp, affecting over 13,400 people in the UK each year, but the latest report on Salmonella in Livestock Production in Great Britain (VLA, 2007) shows that only a small fraction (<1.8%) of human infections can be associated with pig isolates.