Researchers in the United Kingdom have examined the emergence and spread of a strain of Salmonella common in pigs.

Scientists hope that understanding how and why new strains of Salmonella emerge in livestock will help develop improved strategies to reduce the incidence and make the food supply safer.

Work was led by the Quadram Institute and the University of East Anglia with Public Health England, the Animal and Plant Health Agency, the Earlham Institute, and the Teagasc Food Research Centre. It was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and published in the journal Microbial Genomics.

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