The Link Between Feed and Salmonella in Pigs
At the 2014 Teagasc Pig Farmers Conference, a paper by first-named author, Anne Marie Burns, showed Salmonella detected in either feed or pig faecal samples on nine out of 10 high-seroprevalence pig farms in Ireland. It also confirmed the occurrence of monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium on Irish pig farms and the indication of its role in the transmission of Salmonella from contaminated feed to pigs.