Risk-based
optimization of the
Danish pork Salmonella program

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Denmark is a small state

The Danish Salmonella
Surveillance Program - Overview

Animal feed control

Surveillance in herds

Serological surveillance

Correlation between
salmonella-serology and culture

Breeder and multiplier herds

The Serological Surveillance of Slaughter pig Herds

Meat juice sample muscles

The Serological Surveillance of
Slaughter pig Herds

The Serological Surveillance of
Slaughterpig Herds

Definition of levels


Salmonella deduction

Herd prevalence – Slaughterpigs

Is the program working??

In the absence of information, PERCEPTION becomes reality!

The Danish “model”

Objectives of the project:

Materials and Methods

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Pig production module – Initial values

Pig production module

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Slaughter module

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Slide 27

Attribution module

Attribution factor

Sources of stochasticity (variability)

Final OUTPUTS of interest

Questions?

Results - Historical

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Reduction due to on-farm and slaughter improvements

What if had on-farm program only
assuming no improvement in slaughter (1995)?

On-farm only with current (2003) slaughter standards

What’s the risk??

Distribution of human cases

Where do we go from here?
Future (2004-2013)

Annual human cases predicted with various slaughterhouse
control options

Continue slaughter improvement
all else equal

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Effect of on-farm program (hypothetical intervention)
on annual number of human cases

Reduce all herds to <25% ave. annual seroprevalence

Summary of results - Historical

Summary of results - future

if

Weaknesses