Caterina Altissimi, Sara Primavilla, Rossana Roila, Stefano Gavaudan, Benedetto Morandi, Stefania Di Lullo, Marta Coppini, Chiara Baldinelli, Dongjie Cai, Raffaella Branciari, Andrea Valiani, Peter Paulsen, David Ranucci
A survey was conducted from 2018 to 2023 to assess the presence of Salmonella in 280 hunted wild boar (carcasses after evisceration and skinning, N = 226; liver, N = 258; and fecal samples, N = 174). The overall prevalence was 2.86% (confidence interval 95%, 1.45-5.45%) with five positive samples detected in carcasses, three in the liver, and one in a fecal sample. This prevalence was in line with those found in nearby areas denoting a low number of positive samples. Positive animals were over 24 months of age and weighed, before skinning, 59...
April 10, 2024: Foods (Basel, Switzerland)