date:Apr 10, 2013
nce of this bacterium in animals and foodstuff, VTEC was most often reported in bovine meat products and cattle.
Although salmonellosis has declined significantly in the last years, in 2011 it was still the second most frequently reported zoonotic disease in humans, accounting for 95,548 reported cases.
The continued decrease in human cases reflects the results of the Salmonella control programmes put in place by EU member states and the European Commission which have led to a decline in Salm