Salmonella Confirmation 2311

Poultry Veterinary Study Group Europe

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                                                                  16th November, 2023

Dear Sir/Madam,

On behalf of the Poultry Veterinary Study Group Europe please find, linked below, our considered views on the issue of confirmatory testing of poultry for Salmonella of public health significance.

Click here for this Position Paper

In addition we draw to your attention our english language version of a useful advisory document on recommended boot swab sampling procedures which we have adapted from a Dutch industry document ;

Click here for this Sampling Leaflet

For any questions, please feel free to contact the PVSGEU committee representative in your country:

Yours Sincerely

Dr. Eva Berndtson

President of PVSGE

PVSGE Working Group on Poultry Legislation (November 2023)

Pia Gustavsson (Chair), Gerard Leveque (Secretary),

Franz Sommer, Peter Mitsch (Austria), Koen Lycke (Belgium), Paivikki Perko -Mäkelä (Finland), Gerard Leveque (France), Thorsten Arnold (Germany), Boris Meyer-Kuehling, Matthias Voss (Germany), Sara Perez-Palacios,Paul McMullin, Stephen Lister (Great Britain), Pal Bajnóczi (Hungary), Ovsanna Mikhaylovskaya (Latvia), André Steentjes (Netherlands), Juan-Carlos Abad (Spain), Pia Gustavsson (Sweden).

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